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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An imitative sound, as of thunder or an explosion, produced artificially for theatrical purposes, as for a film, play, or radio program.
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- noun An artificially
created orenhanced sound, used to accompany theaction of adramatic production , such as afilm ,play orvideo game
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an effect that imitates a sound called for in the script of a play
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