Meanings
plural pull quotes · alternative pull-quote · alternative pullquote
- artsA brief excerpt drawn from a document and set separately from the main text—often in larger type and/or in a frame—in order to draw the eye.
Experts are often reduced to sound bites or "pull quotes," if they are consulted at all.
2017, Tom Nichols, The Death of Expertise, page 101 more example
Really, though, in between the pull quotes and the killer lines, Infantino’s performance was something far more disturbing.
2022 November 19, Barney Ronay, “Gianni Infantino does his Football Jesus act during bizarre monologue on Qatar”, in The Guardian
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA brief excerpt drawn from a document and set separately from the main text—often in larger type and/or in a frame—in order to draw the eye.
Translations
Dutch blikvangercitaat
- blikvangercitaata brief excerpt used out of context
Finnish nosto
- nostoa brief excerpt used out of context
French relance, relance-citation
- relancea brief excerpt used out of context
- relance-citationa brief excerpt used out of context
Spanish cita destacada
- cita destacadaa brief excerpt used out of context
Cite this entry
pull quote. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pull%20quote
“pull quote.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pull%20quote. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pull quote,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pull%20quote.
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