Meanings
nounslide guitar (plural slide guitars)
plural slide guitars
- entertainmentA technique of playing guitar by sliding a metal tube, or (originally) a glass bottleneck, along the guitar strings to alter the pitch.
Synonyms: bottleneck guitar
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA technique of playing guitar by sliding a metal tube, or (originally) a glass bottleneck, along the guitar strings to alter the pitch.
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Translations
Finnish slide-kitara
- slide-kitaratechnique of playing guitar
Irish sleamhnú giotáir
- sleamhnú giotáirtechnique of playing guitar
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