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sound bite
noun
- a brief, striking remark or statement excerpted from an audiotape or videotape for insertion in a broadcast news story.
sound bite
noun
- a short pithy sentence or phrase extracted from a longer speech for use on radio or television
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sound bite1
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Idioms and Phrases
A short, striking, quotable statement well suited to a television news program. For example, He's extremely good at sound bites, but a really substantive speech is beyond him . This slangy expression, first recorded in 1980, originated in political campaigns in which candidates tried to get across a particular message or get publicity by having it picked up in newscasts.Discover More
Example Sentences
It seems like, since we live in the sound bite era, grabby headlines like “EBOLA” and “ISIS” tend to drown out those numbers.
As wily as his character when asked about it, Sheen proved himself to be a master of the media, feinting with a good sound bite.
Politics being politics, it's very difficult these days to have discussions without that 'I got you' sound bite.
Subtleties of study design and interpretation are pulverized in the name of the sound bite of course, but this is old news.
She also mentioned her upcoming book tour, which is sure to be the controversial sound bite gift that keeps on giving.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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