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soundie en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsaʊndi/

Etymology

From sound + -ie. Compare talkie, movie.

Meanings

  1. A short musical film of the 1940s, a precursor to the music video.
    • Terenzio, MacGillivray, and Okudo identify this production as a soundie made in early March 1942, entitled "A Zoot Suit (with a Reat Pleat)" and starring Dorothy Dandridge and Paul White[…] 2003, Eduardo Obregón Pagán, Murder at the Sleepy Lagoon, page 257:

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