plural vids
informal
: a video recording : video
This exercise vid is more like a choreography rehearsal than a simple aerobics work-out …Gavin Moses
… the pre-MTV promo vid for Michael Jackson's superb "She's Out of My Life."Stephen Trageser

Examples of vid in a Sentence

a vid of the pop star performing her latest hit single
Recent Examples on the Web The vid begins with a clip of Tennant criticizing her. Max Goldbart, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2024 Unlike previous demo vids, 1X hasn't mentioned whether the few operations shown are the result of teleoperation, carefully choreographed routines or fully autonomous behaviors. Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2024 But both pale in comparison to the roughly 40 million views Australian soccer players Mackenzie Arnold and Alanna Kennedy received on a seven-second vid of them wearing the country’s Olympic uniform. Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 27 July 2024 On Twitter and TikTok, both swoons and jokes abounded in reaction to the cute vid. Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 15 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for vid 

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Word History

First Known Use

1979, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of vid was in 1979

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“Vid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vid. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.

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