audio clip

See also: audioclip

English

Alternative forms

• audioclip

Noun

audio clip (plural audio clips)

1. A short piece of audio.

   Synonyms: clip, sound bite, sound clip

   Coordinate term: video clip

   • 2011, Kelly M. Quintanilla, Shawn T. Wahl, Business and Professional Communication: KEYS for Workplace Excellence, Thousands Oaks, Calif.: SAGE Publications, Inc., →ISBN, page 281:

     You may also have to provide a CD/cassette player when playing audio clips.

   • 2013, Alex Mitchell, The Rurbanite: Living in the Country Without Leaving the City, London: Kyle Books, →ISBN, page 138:

     The internet is full of sites with audio clips of various bird songs and calls.

   • 2017, Richard Aquila, Let’s Rock! How 1950s America Created Elvis and the Rock & Roll Craze, Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 198:

     The record ends with audio clips of Elvis singing pointedly, “I wanna play house with you” and “We’re gonna kiss and kiss . . . kiss some more.”

Translations

short piece of audio

• Bulgarian: а́удиоклип m (áudioklip)
• Finnish: ääniklippi, äänileike
• German: Hörbeispiel (de) n

References

• “audio clip” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.