Foley

[foh-lee]

adjective

1. of or relating to motion-picture sound effects produced manually.

   a Foley artist.

foley

/ ˈfəʊlɪ /

noun

1. films the US name for footsteps editor

Word History and Origins

Origin of Foley¹

After Jack Foley, sound-effect pioneer at Universal Pictures in the 1930s

Word History and Origins

Origin of Foley¹

C20: named after J.D. Foley (1891-1967), US sound editor

Example Sentences

“You might want to arrive a bit early and study the timelines in the lobby, which detail Czechoslovakia’s turbulent political history from 1968 to 1990 and key events in the rock music scene during that era,” wrote reviewer F. Kathleen Foley of Open Fist’s 2010 production.

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Brendan Foley, chief executive of spice maker McCormick, said in June that consumers are buying more seasonings to zhuzh up home-cooked meals.

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Then, in 2014, a much more ambitious expedition headed by Brendan Foley of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and director Angeliki Simosi was armed with the most advanced underwater discovery equipment yet developed, including a new diving suit that allowed them to dive to unprecedented depths and to stay on the ocean floor for longer than had been once imagined.

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Toward the end of August 2014, while Foley was diving on the wreck site, one of the members of the team, Nikolas Giannoulakis, swam up to him and shouted, “We found bones! We found a skull.”

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Foley declared, “We’re down in the hold of the ship now, so all the other things that would have been carried should be down there as well. Every day is going to be like opening Tut’s tomb.”

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