SNIPPET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does snippet mean? 

• SNIPPET (noun)
  The noun SNIPPET has 1 sense:

1. a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)

  Familiarity information: SNIPPET used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SNIPPET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

snip; snippet; snipping

Hypernyms ("snippet" is a kind of...):

piece (a separate part of a whole)

 Context examples 

Transposons, more commonly called jumping genes, are mobile snippets of DNA code that can copy themselves into new positions within the genome - the genetic code of an organism.

(Harnessing tomato jumping genes could help speed-breed drought-resistant crops, University of Cambridge)