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Verb
The fragrance is also a treat, splicing zippy orange peel and magnolia with soothing notes of eucalyptus and sandalwood.—Jenny Berg, Allure, 17 May 2025 With footage spliced from the recording studio and from the staging itself, the video captures every angle of McDonald's powerhouse performance as Mama Rose, the tenacious stage mother who will do anything to see her daughter become a showbiz star.—Dave Quinn, People.com, 6 May 2025
Noun
Deadline analyzed how Screen Culture is creating trailers that closely imitate official marketing material for franchises like The Fantastic Four: First Steps and Superman, but splices in AI imagery to tease irresistible details about a movie that appeal to their giant fandoms.—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 12 May 2025 State of play: The ad, shared first with Axios, splices clips of Trump talking about drug prices during his first term and bashing the pharmaceutical industry.—Victoria Knight, Axios, 3 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for splice
Word History
Etymology
Verb
obsolete Dutch splissen; akin to Middle Dutch splitten to split
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