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]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

snippet
    n 1: a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been
         snipped off) [syn: snip, snippet, snipping]

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