snippets
Brief extracted portions
Snippets are small pieces or fragments, especially of text, audio, or video: I caught snippets of their conversation.
The word suggests brief excerpts rather than complete wholes—a snippet of code, a snippet of news, a snippet of melody overheard.
Something described as a snippet is too short to give the full picture.
Portion taken from larger work
- passageSegment of text
- quoteRepeated words from another
- fragmentIncomplete portion of whole
- clippingPiece cut out
extract · quotation · blurb · soundbite · highlight · selection · citation · phrase
Cut or attach
- montageAssembled sequence of images
- highlight reelEdited best-of footage
- trailerPromotional film excerpt
- teaserSomething that piques interest
preview · outtake · footage · compilation · cutaway · soundbite · supercut · mashup
Symbolic communication system
- programmingWriting software instructions
- syntaxRules for arranging words
- functionPurpose or duty
- scriptWritten words for performance
copy-paste · reusable · gist · boilerplate · template · library · module · example
excerpt
Portion taken from larger work
clipping · extract · quotation · blurb · soundbite · highlight · selection · citation · phrase · sentence
clip
Cut or attach
- montageAssembled sequence of images
- highlight reelEdited best-of footage
- trailerPromotional film excerpt
teaser · preview · outtake · footage · compilation · cutaway · soundbite · supercut · mashup · edit
code
Symbolic communication system
- programmingWriting software instructions
- syntaxRules for arranging words
- functionPurpose or duty
script · copy-paste · reusable · gist · boilerplate · template · library · module · example · debug
fabric
Woven or knit material
patchwork · quilting · offcut · swatch · leftover · trim · notions · applique · piecing · textile
overheard
Unintentionally listened to
piece · morsel · tidbit · snatch · whisper · exchange · dialogue · murmur · utterance · remark
- paper itemsconfetti, ticker tape, shreds, clippings, cuttings
- bitsbits, morsels, tidbits, scraps, fragments
- jottingsnotes, jottings, jotting, scribbles, scribbling
- Overheard conversationsgossip, secrets, whispers, murmurs, chatter
- scrapsbits, scraps, remnants, shards, trimmings
- snippetsclips, shorts, tidbit, nugget, blurb
snippetswholes
Complete unified amounts
entireties · totalities · complete works · complete sets · originals
- code snippetSmall programming text excerpt
- DNA snippetsBrief genetic sequences