[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

snippet \snip"pet\, n.
   a small part or piece.
   1913 webster

         to be cut into snippets and shreds.      --f. harrison.
   1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

snippet
     n : a small piece of anything especially a piece that has been
         snipped off syn: snip, snipping
see also:
snip snipping 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

91 moby thesaurus words for "snippet":
   bantam, banty, bit, butt, button, chip, chit, chunk, clip,
   clipping, collop, crumb, cut, cutting, diminutive, dollop, dot,
   drop, droplet, end, featherweight, fingerling, fleck, flyspeck,
   fragment, gnat, gob, gobbet, grain, hunk, iota, jot, lightweight,
   lump, microbe, microorganism, midge, mini, minikin, minim, minnow,
   minny, minutia, minutiae, mite, modicum, moiety, morceau, morsel,
   mote, mouse, nip, nubbin, paring, particle, patch, peewee, piece,
   pinhead, pinpoint, point, pony, rasher, runt, scoop, scrap, shard,
   shaving, shiver, shred, shrimp, slice, slip, sliver, small fry,
   smithereen, snack, snatch, snick, snip, speck, splinter, stitch,
   stump, tag, tatter, tit, tittle, vanishing point, wart, wisp

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