Meaning

• Noun

  1. A part or snippet of something taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen.
  2. A subset of a population selected for measurement, observation or questioning, to provide statistical information about the population.
  3. A small quantity of food for tasting, typically given away for free.
  4. A small piece of some goods, for determining quality, colour, etc., typically given away for free.
  5. Gratuitous borrowing of easily recognised phases (or moments) from other music (or movies) in a recording.
  6. (obsolete) Example; pattern.

• Verb