soundbite

UK/ˈsaʊndbaɪt/

nounC1Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechToo rare in one of the two pools to compare — fewer than 20 uses in speech or in writing

Other forms: soundbites

A soundbite is a short quotable line pulled out for broadcast. A good soundbite, reduced to a soundbite, soundbite politics.

It is usually a complaint, since a soundbite replaces an argument rather than summarising one. Broadcast soundbites have grown steadily shorter for fifty years.

Definitions of soundbite

1nounsoundbiteA short quotable line pulled out for broadcast.C1
“The whole speech was written around a single soundbite.”

soundbite is a quotation.

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soundbite

UK/ˈsaʊndbaɪt/

Other forms: soundbites

A soundbite is a short quotable line pulled out for broadcast. A good soundbite, reduced to a soundbite, soundbite politics.

It is usually a complaint, since a soundbite replaces an argument rather than summarising one. Broadcast soundbites have grown steadily shorter for fifty years.

Definitions of soundbite

1nounsoundbiteA short quotable line pulled out for broadcast.C1
“The whole speech was written around a single soundbite.”

soundbite is a quotation.