guitar
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Letters
- 6
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Definition of guitar
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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A stringed musical instrument, of European origin, usually with a fretted fingerboard and six strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick).
“Learning to strum the guitar rhythmically is essential.”
“She was carrying her guitar in a fancily-decorated case.”
“The band is looking for a new guitar player.”
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noun
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A stringed musical instrument, of European origin, usually with a fretted fingerboard and six strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick).
“Learning to strum the guitar rhythmically is essential.”
“She was carrying her guitar in a fancily-decorated case.”
“The band is looking for a new guitar player.”
- 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.
verb
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(informal)To play the guitar.
“We guitared and drummed and head banged and pianoed.”
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Etymology
Etymology tree Ancient Greek κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ (kĭthắrā)bor. Aramaic קיתראbor. Arabic قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra)bor. Old Spanish guitarra Spanish guitarrabor. English guitar From Spanish guitarra, from Arabic قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra), from Ancient Greek κῐθᾰ́ρᾱ (kĭthắrā). Doublet of cithara, cither, and zither.
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