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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
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
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)
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