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

Examples of sizzle reel in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In its inaugural post, the White House account offered a sizzle reel of the administration’s memes, trolls and messages from President Donald Trump’s nine months since returning to office. —Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025

The twin showrunners of Netflix’s biggest series put together a document and sizzle reel referencing iconic images from ’80s pop culture to pitch the streamer a decade ago. —Eliana Dockterman, Time, 16 Oct. 2025

If all of this has made for a diverting pre-Bethpage sizzle reel, the real fight come Sunday afternoon will be for viewers. —Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2025

Apple's other updates this year come with similar new-feature sizzle reels. —ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

2006, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for sizzle reel

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