air guitar

noun

An imaginary guitar that a listener to (usually rock) music pretends to play.

“I was embarrassed when my girlfriend walked in on my friends and me playing air guitar.”

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Meanings

nounair guitar (plural air guitars)

plural air guitars

  1. An imaginary guitar that a listener to (usually rock) music pretends to play.

    I was embarrassed when my girlfriend walked in on my friends and me playing air guitar.

verbair guitar (third-person singular simple present air guitars, present participle air guitaring, simple past and past participle air guitared)

present singular third person air guitars · participle present air guitaring · participle past air guitared · past air guitared

  1. intransitiveTo mime the action of playing a guitar.

    Randy put his hand in the air and gave Ryan a resounding high-five, yelling, “Oh yeah!” and starts to air guitar, triggering the rest of the family to air guitar with him.

    2014, John L. Arnott, Magic Tales, AuthorHouse (hardcover) (softcover), 191

Translations

Dutch luchtgitaar
  • luchtgitaarimaginary guitar that a person pretends to play
Finnish ilmakitara, soittaa ilmakitaraa
  • ilmakitaraimaginary guitar that a person pretends to play
  • soittaa ilmakitaraato mime the action of playing a guitar
German Luftgitarre
  • Luftgitarreimaginary guitar that a person pretends to play
Hungarian léggitár, léggitározik
  • léggitárimaginary guitar that a person pretends to play
  • léggitározikto mime the action of playing a guitar
Irish aerghiotár
  • aerghiotárimaginary guitar that a person pretends to play
Polish gitara powietrzna
  • gitara powietrznaimaginary guitar that a person pretends to play
Portuguese air guitar
  • air guitarimaginary guitar that a person pretends to play
Swedish luftgitarr
  • luftgitarrimaginary guitar that a person pretends to play
Cite this entry
APA

air guitar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/air%20guitar

MLA

“air guitar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/air%20guitar. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “air guitar,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/air%20guitar.

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