Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A type of background noise that is caused by physical flaws or wear on a phonograph record or in a pickup system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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Synonyms: needle scratch
Antonyms: none provided
noun
noise produced by the friction of the stylus of a record player moving over the rotating record
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: background noise, ground noise
History
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