sound head

noun

, Movies.

a mechanism through which film passes in a projector for conversion of the soundtrack into audio-frequency signals that can be amplified and reproduced.

sound head

First recorded in 1930–35

How refreshing it was to meet a practical, sound head in all that confusion!

The old notion, that work was a curse, never entered his sound head.

Has a really sound head on his shoulders, a really skilled craft to his hand?

I have always been noted for a sound head and a steady tongue.

If he did not always run well it was not for want of a sound head or a sharp eye.

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