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Meaning of soundie | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A short musical film of the 1940s, a precursor to the music video.

Examples

“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[…]”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

soundiness Sounding sounding balloon sounding board sounding line sounding machine