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snip·pet
(snĭp′ĭt)n.
1. A bit, scrap, or morsel: "sparkling black bass ... strewn with snippets of coriander and basil" (Gael Greene).
2. Informal A small or mischievous person.
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snippet
(ˈsnɪpɪt)n
a small scrap or fragment
[C17: from snip + -et]
ˈsnippetiness n
ˈsnippety adj
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snip•pet
(ˈsnɪp ɪt)n.
1. a small bit, scrap, or fragment: snippets of information.
[1655–65]
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| Noun | 1. |  snippet - a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)piece - a separate part of a whole; "an important piece of the evidence" |
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snippet
noun piece, scrap, fragment, part, particle, snatch, shred I read a snippet she had cut from a magazine.
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snippet
[ˈsnɪpɪt] N [of cloth, paper] → pedacito m, recorte m; [of information, conversation etc] → retazo m, fragmento m"Snippets" (= heading in press etc) → Breves, Noticias Breves
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snip
(snip) – past tense, past participle snipped – verb to cut sharply, especially with a single quick action, with scissors etc. I snipped off two inches of thread.tijeretear
noun1. a cut with scissors. With a snip of her scissors she cut a hole in the cloth.tijeretada
2. a small piece cut off. The floor was covered in snips of paper.recorte
3. a bargain. It's a snip at $3!ganga
ˈsnippet (-pit) noun a little piece, especially of information, gossip etc. a snippet of news.recorte, trocito, fragmento
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