sound clips

Short recorded segments

Sound clips are short audio recordings extracted from longer sources—songs, speeches, films, or broadcasts.

They serve as samples, previews, or quotable moments: The documentary used sound clips from the president's speeches.

In digital contexts, sound clips function as notification tones, comedic punctuation, or shareable content.

Also called audio clips.

Opposites
length/completeness

sound clipsextended mixes

Prolonged recordings for DJs

master recordings · complete works · raw footage

media type

sound clipsvideo clips

Brief recorded segments

film clips · visual media · photographs · graphics · text files

temporal nature

sound clipssilence

Total lack of sound

live sound · dead air · live performance · ambient sound

Family

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Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G