Complete Definition of "sound bite"

English

Noun

wikipedia|soundbite
sound bite

  1. a short, pithy extract from a speech or interview used to add punch to a news or party political broadcast
  2. a one-liner deliberately produced for this purpose

#* "(In 1990) The ground offensive against Iraq ended after 100 hours, partly out of concern that American troops not occupy an Arab capital, partly because Arab allies feared the disintegration of Iraq and partly because a �100-hour war� made a good sound bite." - New York Times

Alternative spellings
soundbite

Revision and Credits for"sound bite"
Dictionary content provided from Wiktionary.org under the
GNU Free Documentation License
 
 

 Find:
  Words Starting With:
  Words Ending With:
  Words Containing:
  Words That Match:

 
 Translate Into:
  
Dutch   French   German
  
Italian   Spanish
    Show results per page.

Browse the Dictionary
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

   
Allwords Copyright 1998-2024 All rights reserved.