gliss

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A form of glissando — Either a continuous sliding from one pitch to another ("true" glissando), or an incidental scale played while moving from one melodic note to another ("effective" glissando).

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Meanings

noungliss (plural glisses)

plural glisses

  1. abbreviationentertainmentAbbreviation of glissando.
verbgliss (third-person singular simple present glisses, present participle glissing, simple past and past participle glissed)

present singular third person glisses · participle present glissing · participle past glissed · past glissed

  1. abbreviationentertainmentAbbreviation of glissando.

    Then he played the opening notes of “On Green Dolphin Street,” glissed down from B flat to sixth-position F, secured the slide lock, and set the trombone on its stand.

    2013, J. F. Freedman, Key Witness, Open Road Media, →ISBN
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APA

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MLA

“gliss.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gliss. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gliss,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gliss.

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