Meanings
- not comparableSimilar to a ukulele.
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The album begins with a traditional Brazilian sound — the syncopated strumming of the ukulelelike cavaquinho, the classic samba accompaniment — but it’s soon overlaid with clicks (like scratches on vinyl) to signal its quaintness, sending Céu into arrangements that mingle natural sounds with sampled and manipulated ones.
2009 July 5, Jon Pareles, “Brazilian Grooves, Groovy ’60s”, in New York Times
Origin
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ukulelelike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ukulelelike
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