sound effects
plural noun
: effects that are imitative of sounds called for in the script of a dramatic production (such as a radio show) and that enhance the production's illusion of reality
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Ever since the days before flatscreens, televisions have shipped with underpowered speakers that muddy every sound from dialogue to sound effects.
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
Indeed, who doesn’t love a montage of contestants repeatedly falling on their backside to kooky circus music and sound effects?
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Oct. 2025
An audio bug hidden inside the deli provided the sound effects – gunshots, shouting and the screams of a waitress.
—George Anastasia, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2025
Sounds Put a Bluetooth speaker outside and play scary sound effects or music.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 14 Oct. 2025
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
Indeed, who doesn’t love a montage of contestants repeatedly falling on their backside to kooky circus music and sound effects?
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Oct. 2025
An audio bug hidden inside the deli provided the sound effects – gunshots, shouting and the screams of a waitress.
—George Anastasia, The Conversation, 20 Oct. 2025
Sounds Put a Bluetooth speaker outside and play scary sound effects or music.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 14 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sound effects
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“Sound effects.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sound%20effects. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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