: a small part, piece, or thing
especially
: a brief quotable passage
Examples of snippet in a Sentence
snippets from the author's newest novel
read them a snippet of his latest poem
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Only she’s continued teasing it ever since, putting up billboards over the past few weeks featuring a hotline phone number that played snippets of the song.
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Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 4 Mar. 2025
Last Friday, another short video was shared on his Instagram, this one featuring a snippet of his own diss.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2025
Alphonse Pierre’s Off the Dome column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, scenes, snippets, movies, Meek Mill tweets, fashion trends—and anything else that catches his attention.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 28 Feb. 2025
Wiz Khalifa got back into his Blog Era bag with this brand-new snippet, courtesy of J. Cole.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 28 Feb. 2025
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Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 4 Mar. 2025
Last Friday, another short video was shared on his Instagram, this one featuring a snippet of his own diss.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2025
Alphonse Pierre’s Off the Dome column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, scenes, snippets, movies, Meek Mill tweets, fashion trends—and anything else that catches his attention.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 28 Feb. 2025
Wiz Khalifa got back into his Blog Era bag with this brand-new snippet, courtesy of J. Cole.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 28 Feb. 2025
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“Snippet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/snippet. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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snippet
noun
snip·pet
ˈsnip-ət 
: a small part, piece, or thing
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