guitar

plural guitars · alternative obsolete guittar · alternative pronunciation spelling gittar

1. entertainmentA stringed musical instrument, of European origin, usually with a fretted fingerboard and six strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick).

   The band is looking for a new guitar player.

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   Learning to strum the guitar rhythmically is essential.

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

2. entertainmentAny 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.

present singular third person guitars · participle present guitaring · participle past guitared · past guitared · alternative obsolete guittar · alternative pronunciation spelling gittar

1. informalTo play the guitar.

   We guitared and drummed and head banged and pianoed.

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