1. A brief statement, as by a politician, taken from an audiotape or videotape and broadcast especially during a news report: "the box has been spitting forth maddening nine-second sound bites” ( mary McGrory).

1. an extract from a speech or interview used as edited into a news or other broadcast; an interview clip, especially seen as particularly expressive or pithy.
2. A one-liner deliberately produced for this purpose; a statement specifically intended to be punchy and memorable.

1. a very short speech; usually on radio or television