Definitions
1.nounA part or snippet of something taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen."a blood sample"
2.nounA subset of a population selected for measurement, observation or questioning, to provide statistical information about the population.
3.nounA small quantity of food for tasting, typically given away for free.
4.nounA small piece of some goods, for determining quality, colour, etc., typically given away for free.
5.nounGratuitous borrowing of easily recognised phases (or moments) from other music (or movies) in a recording.
6.nounExample; pattern.
7.verbTo take or to test a sample or samples of.
8.verbTo reduce a continuous signal (such as a sound wave) to a discrete signal.
9.verbTo reuse a portion of (an existing sound recording) in a new piece of music.
10.verbTo make or show something similar to a sample.