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[sound effects]{n.} The noises made to imitate real sounds in a play, movie, or program. •/Greg agreed to plan the sound effects for the class play./ •/The movie was good but the sound effects were not very true to life./

[sound off]{v.} 1. To say your name or count "One! Two! Three! Four!" as you march. — Used as orders in U.S. military service. •/"Sound off!" said the sergeant, and the soldiers shouted, "One! Two! Three! Four!" with each step as they marched./ 2. {informal} To tell what you know or think in a loud clear voice, especially to brag or complain. •/If you don’t like the way we’re doing the job, sound off!/ •/George sounded off about how the game should have been played./ •/The teacher is always sounding off about the students not doing their homework./ Compare: SPEAK ONE’S PIECE, SPEAK OUT.

[sound out]{v.} To try to find out how a person feels about something usually by careful questions. •/Alfred sounded out his boss about a day off from his job./ •/When you see the coach, sound him out about my chances of getting on the basketball team./ Syn.: FEEL OUT.

[sound sheet]{n.}, {slang}, {informal} A thin low-quality phonograph recording frequently bound into books and magazines for use as promotional or advertising material; it may have either a spoken or a musical message. •/Don’t throw that away; Sue is collecting sound sheets for her market research course./

[sound truck]{n. phr.} A truck equipped with loudspeakers. •/During the senatorial campaign, the streets of the big city were full of sound trucks blaring out messages./

[soup] See: IN THE SOUP.

[souped-up]{adj.}, {informal} More powerful or faster because of changes and additions. •/Many teen-aged boys like to drive souped-up cars./ •/The basketball team won the last five games with souped-up plays./

[so what]{informal} Used as an impolite reply showing that you don’t care about what another has said. •/Roy boasted that he was in the sixth grade, but Ted said, "So what? I am in Junior High."/ Syn.: WHAT OF IT.

[sow one’s wild oats]{v. phr.} To do bad or foolish things, especially while you are young. •/Mr. Jones sowed his wild oats while he was in college, but now he is a wiser and better man./

[space] See: OUTER SPACE.

[spaced out]{adj.}, {slang}, {informal} Having gaps in one’s train of thought, confused, incoherent; resembling the behavior of someone who is under the influence of drugs. •/Joe’s been acting funny lately — spaced out, you might say./

[space probe]{n.}, {Space English} An unmanned spacecraft other than an Earth satellite fitted with instruments which gather and transmit information about other planets in the solar system (e.g., Venus, Mars, and Jupiter) on what are called fly-by missions, i.e., without the craft landing on any of these bodies. •/Both the U.S.A. and Russia have sent up many a space probe in the past decade./

[spade] See: CALL A SPADE A SPADE.

[Spain] See: BUILD CASTLES IN THE AIR or BUILD CASTLES IN SPAIN.

[spar with] See: FENCE WITH.

[speak] See: ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS, CHILDREN AND FOOLS SPEAK THE TRUTH, NOT TO MENTION or NOT TO SPEAK OF, SHORT-SPOKEN, SO TO SPEAK, TO SPEAK OF.

[speakeasy]{n.} A bar during Prohibition where illegal alcoholic beverages were sold. •/Al Capone’s associates met in a Chicago speakeasy to drink and discuss business./

[speaker] See: PUBLIC SPEAKER.