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
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This tiny camera captures 1080p video, delivers color night vids, can detect people and vehicles and send appropriate notifications, and even works with Alexa and Google Assistant. Gabriela Vatu, PCMAG, 26 Feb. 2025 As São Paulo State and Brazil at large gears up its funding for film, TV, vid games and beyond, there is a distinct possibility that Brazil’s Congress will approve this year a global streamer investment quota for Brazilian films and series. John Hopewell, Variety, 16 Feb. 2025 Her behavior in the vid is anything but demure, deliberately proving the point. Leslie Katz, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024 The vid was written by the Lonely Island — the comedy trio of Samberg, Jorma Taccone, and Akiva Schaffer, all early in their Saturday Night Live tenure — and produced as one of the very first SNL Digital Shorts. Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2024 See All Example Sentences for vid

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 12 Mar. 2025.

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