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sound effects

sound effects is the plural of sound effect.

Meaning of sound effect

Noun

sound effect (plural sound effects)

  1. An artificially created or enhanced sound, used to accompany the action of a dramatic production, such as a film, play or video game.
  2. A caption in a comic strip representing a sound.
    • It's also becoming more commonplace for artists to add some of their own sound effects while they're drawing the art. If they haven't drawn all of the sound effects, you may decide to mimic the style of their existing sound effects with digital brushes for a more homogenous look.2021, Nate Piekos, The Essential Guide to Comic Book Lettering, page 184

Questions about sound effects

What is sound effects the plural of?
Sound effects is the plural of sound effect.

Words near sound effects in the dictionary

  1. sound design
  2. sound designer
  3. sound designers
  4. Sound Dues
  5. sound effect
  6. sound effects
  7. sound energies
  8. sound energy
  9. sound engineer
  10. sound engineering
  11. sound engineers

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