sizzle reel

noun

: a short, usually flashy video used to promote a product, service, proposed project, etc.
He and Kari are also pitching a family show to the networks. … The sizzle reel has his two teenage daughters in Maui, learning to cut sugarcane.Rebecca Flint Marx

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There’s so much competing for people’s time, that creating posters, cutting sizzle reels, even convincing an actor to make the trek to Cannes for meets and greets may not be enough to convince a studio to sign the dotted line. Brent Lang, Variety, 13 May 2025 Rather than include footage from some of the upcoming shows, though, Netflix has taken a different approach with this sizzle reel. Katie Campione, Deadline, 30 Jan. 2025 For most of his life, Dillingham has been a go-to player on his teams, a bucket-getting ingenue with a sizzle reel full of style points. Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025 Sony also showed a brief sizzle reel of some psychedelic and trippy footage. Brian Welk, IndieWire, 31 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sizzle reel

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First Known Use

2006, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sizzle reel was in 2006

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“Sizzle reel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sizzle%20reel. Accessed 23 May. 2025.

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