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film clip

film clip

7 3.0
A short part of a movie that people use in news and talks
  • noun
  • /fɪlm klɪp/
translation icon : fragmento de película
  • The director played a short film clip to show the audience the dramatic scene.
  • film clip shows
  • see film clips
  • watch film clips

Let's let's see a film clip from the from the movie.

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Examples

  • "Round Two," the voiceover said, introducing another film clip.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • We had just finished watching some film clips from an unreleased documentary made while Dad worked on that last film.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Is that you in the film clip?

  • Bob appears in a film clip, speaking before the National Press Club.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • You see film clips on the news all the time.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • This was just an amazing panel and so moving and all of your film clips were just incredible.

  • We'll have film clips and photographs.

  • The Visitor Center begins with a short film clip of General Eisenhower discussing his decision to land on June 6th.

    Academic text (2009)
  • John Lassiter wanted us to look at a film clip of two different eye blinks on flick.

    Blog text (10)
  • Wolfe showed more film clips of the Tsering he had known, of Tsering and Chime's wedding, which he had attended.

    Fiction book (1999)

Synonyms

footage
vsfilm clip
  • Literature
932 3.8

Recorded video used in news or films

is a short excerpt taken from a motion picture for broadcasts or presentations
clip
vsfilm clip
526 1.9

A short piece of video or sound taken from a longer recording

is taken from a motion picture and used in broadcasts or presentations
shorts
vsfilm clip
  • Texting
3.0

Vertical videos under a minute made for quick viewing

is taken from a motion picture rather than produced as new vertical social media video

How Long

short subject
  • US
2 6.5
sequence
  • Specialized
83 4.4
scene
1.9
film clip
7 3.0
snippet
36 4.8

Surface Forms

film clip singular
film clips plural

Morphology

film + clip

The meaning 'a short segment from a motion picture' is directly derivable from combining 'film' (movie) with 'clip' (a short recorded excerpt); the compound follows standard English noun-noun composition. This transparent compositional pattern is common cross-linguistically and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.

Etymology

Film clip comes from cutting a small clip out of a longer film strip. Because people would literally cut and show just that short piece, film clip now means a 'short segment' of a movie used in news, shows, or presentations.