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GIF

Meaning in social media & content creation, with examples

abbreviationCommon term

In social media & content creation, GIF means: Graphics Interchange Format: an image file format that can hold a still picture or a sequence of frames used for simple animation.

In Turkish: GIF görseli

How it is used

People share GIFs in replies to express a reaction; not every GIF is animated, and it is not a video format.

Example sentences

  1. The welcome message includes a GIF of our waving mascot.

    A short animation adds expression to the message.

  2. We replaced the flashing GIF with a still image.

    The team removes a distracting animated element.

Common collocations

  • animated GIF
  • share a GIF
  • memeA funny image, video or phrase that spreads online and that people copy and change to make new jokes.
  • commentA written reply that someone leaves under a post or video, which other users can usually read and answer.

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