sound effects

sound effects
noun plural
: effects that are imitative of sounds called for in the script of a play, radio or television program, or motion picture and are produced by various means (as phonograph records, musical instruments, or mechanical devices)

before radio began to grow up in the 1920s, the technique of sound effects was extremely limited — Richard Hubbell

a sound-effects girl … making radio noises like fire trucks, kisses, waterfalls, telephones — Harper's

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sound effects plural noun
Sounds other than dialogue or music used in films, radio and television
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Main Entry: ↑sound

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sound effects UK US noun [plural]
the recorded sounds in a film, television programme, or radio show, for example the sound of doors opening or cars starting
Thesaurus: parts of films, stories and playsmeronym parts of television and radio programmesmeronym types of story or playhyponym

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sound effects,
sounds, as of thunder, blows, animals, or traffic, imitated by various devices or reproduced by recordings as part of the background of a play, motion picture, radio or television production, or the like.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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