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Fo⋅ley

  [foh-lee]
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–adjective
of or pertaining to motion-picture sound effects produced manually: a Foley artist.
Origin:
after Jack Foley, sound-effect pioneer at Universal Pictures in the 1930s
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fo·ley   (fō'lē)   
n.  
  1. A technical process by which sounds are created or altered for use in a film, video, or other electronically produced work.
  2. A person who creates or alters sounds using this process.

[After Jack Foley (1891-1967), pioneering sound effect editor at Universal Studios in the 1930s.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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