highlight reel
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- noun
- /ˈhaɪˌlaɪt ril/
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- And I think because we only get to see the highlight reel of most people's lives.
- highlight reel dunks
- make the highlight reel
- highlight reel shows
For six hours, I witnessed the highlight reel of my past, present and future.
- For six hours, I witnessed the highlight reel of my past, present and future.
- I, I chop up my WWE highlights and post little highlight reels after my matches.
- Yeah, sometimes I'll look, I'll look back at, you know, my clips or like a highlight reel of the season, say if I did ever have that self doubt.
- He made an Instagram highlights reel of all their best moments and he airplayed it to the TV and played it on his Instagram.
- It must be just highlight reel all day long, you know.
Examples
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For six hours, I witnessed the highlight reel of my past, present and future.
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So here's a little highlight reel from the birthday party.
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This is what she built up, all of these pictures, this is just kind of a highlight reel of your life, right?
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So this this goes through a little bit of a a highlight reel of what the software does.
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So hopefully you guys enjoy this little highlight reel from us and here we go.
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Anderson hit a number of highlight reel-type goals this season, and he became known as a deadly free kick taker.
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And just walking up the stairs, I grabbed my wife's hand, and that made the highlight reel because it was just this really tender moment in a hard time.
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D'Elia's play was matched by Buckley, who stopped all 13 ASU shots in the period, many in highlight reel fashion.
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McLemore finished with 25 points, eight rebounds, and enough highlight-reel dunks to fill a couple of minutes of a YouTube montage.
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Starz put together a highlight reel from the show's recent visit to the Michigan State University campus.
Synonyms
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A short vertical video for social media usually under one minute
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A short part of a movie that people use in news and talks
How Exciting
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: a 'reel' (a film/video) composed of 'highlights' (the most notable moments), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it denotes a short video of the best moments. This is a common, cross-linguistically plausible compound pattern and therefore immediately understandable from its parts.
Etymology
Highlight reel comes from the idea of collecting the best, most exciting moments: highlight means an important or bright moment and reel was the short film or clip that showed them. So, a highlight reel today is a short video of the 'best moments' from a game, show, or event.