audio clip

noun

A short piece of audio.

Meanings

nounaudio clip (plural audio clips)

plural audio clips · alternative audioclip

  1. A short piece of audio.

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

    2011, Kelly M. Quintanilla, Shawn T. Wahl, Business and Professional Communication: KEYS for Workplace Excellence, Thousands Oaks, Calif.: SAGE Publications, Inc., →ISBN, page 281
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    The internet is full of sites with audio clips of various bird songs and calls.

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

    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.”

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

    Synonyms: clip, sound bite, sound clip

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA short piece of audio.

Also see

Translations

Bulgarian а́удиоклип
  • а́удиоклип (áudioklip)short piece of audio
Finnish ääniklippi, äänileike
  • ääniklippishort piece of audio
  • äänileikeshort piece of audio
German Hörbeispiel
  • Hörbeispielshort piece of audio
Polish klip audio
  • klip audioshort piece of audio
Spanish audioclip
  • audioclipshort piece of audio
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APA

audio clip. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/audio%20clip

MLA

“audio clip.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/audio%20clip. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “audio clip,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/audio%20clip.

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