freeze-frame \ˈ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ \noun Etymology:freeze (II) + frame (II) 1.: a frame of a motion-picture film that is repeated so as to give the illusion of a static picture ; also : a static picture produced especially from a videodisc or videotape recording 2.: something having the unchanging quality of a freeze-frame < exist most vividly in the freeze-frame of memory — Gioia Diliberto >