Guitar

Quick meaning: Guitar is a noun meaning (informal) To play the guitar.

Meaning

(informal) To play the guitar.

More Meanings

1. (music) A stringed musical instrument, of European origin, usually with a fretted fingerboard and six strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick).
2. (music) Any type of musical instrument of the lute family, characterized by a flat back, along with a neck whose upper surface is in the same plane as the soundboard, with strings along the neck and parallel to the soundboard.

Example Sentences

The band is looking for a new guitar player.

We guitared and drummed and head banged and pianoed.

Learning to strum the guitar rhythmically is essential.

She was carrying her guitar in a fancily-decorated case.

Word Forms

• guitars
• guittar
• guitaring
• guitared

Synonyms for guitar

Depending on context, synonyms include axe, gat.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bass, instrument, knot, axe, dreadnought, flat-top.

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