soundie

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/ˈsaʊndi/

noun

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

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Meanings

nounsoundie (plural soundies)

plural soundies

  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

Origin

From sound + -ie. Compare talkie, movie.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

soundie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soundie

MLA

“soundie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soundie. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “soundie,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soundie.

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