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n. - Off-stage noise that disturbs a television or radio program because it's picked up by the microphones or cameras

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Usage examples (3)
  • Early one morning in Spring he flapped his strong wings and tucked his wet webbed feet up close to his body and stretched out his long neck and calling...
  • "quonk-quonk-quonk!"
  • "quonk-quonk!" he would call.
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  • This word was used in the 2006 Scripps National Spelling Bee finals.
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