Definitions for Guitar
gɪˈtɑrgui·tar

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. guitarnoun

   a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. guitarnoun

   A stringed musical instrument, usually with fretted fingerboard and 6 strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick).

2. guitarverb

   To play the guitar.

3. Etymology: From guitarra, from قيثارة, from cithara, from κιθάρα. Compare cither.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Guitarnoun

   A stringed instrument of musick.

   Etymology: ghitara, Italian; guiterre, French.

   Sallads and eggs, and lighter fare,
   Tune the Italian spark’s guitar. Matthew Prior.

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1. Guitar

   Guitar is the first single from Princes 2007 album Planet Earth. This song was number 39 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007. The digital single was released in MP3 format through a partnership with Verizon Wireless, and O2. The music video for the song, featuring his current dancers "The Twinz" premiered on the Verizon website. It was Directed by Milos Twilight, and produced by Prince and Milos Twilight , through Umania Digital Studios and Twilight Films. The song was released to radio stations on June 11, while the CD single format was released worldwide on July 9. Although not as successful on the charts as many of his other songs, "Guitar" entered the Top 40 of the singles charts in four countries: Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, and Japan, where it peaked at number 10 on the singles chart.

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1. guitar

   A guitar is a stringed musical instrument, typically with a hollow wooden body, fretted neck, and six strings, which are plucked or strummed to produce sound. Variations of the guitar include electric, acoustic, classical, bass, and others. It originated in Spain in the 15th century, and is widely used in various forms of music such as folk, country, blues, pop, rock, and jazz. It's played either by using fingers or a guitar pick. The sound is amplified by the resonance of the guitar body in acoustical guitars while electric guitars use electronic amplification.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. Guitarnoun

   a stringed instrument of music resembling the lute or the violin, but larger, and having six strings, three of silk covered with silver wire, and three of catgut, -- played upon with the fingers

2. Etymology: [F. guitare; cf. Pr., Sp., & Pg.guitarra, It. chitarra; all fr. Gr. ; cf. L. cithara. Cf. Cittern, Gittern.]

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1. Guitar

   The guitar is a string instrument of the chordophone family constructed from wood and strung with either nylon or steel strings. The modern guitar was preceded by the lute, vihuela, four-course renaissance guitar and five-course baroque guitar, all of which contributed to the development of the modern six-string instrument. There are three main types of modern acoustic guitar: the classical guitar, the steel-string acoustic guitar, and the archtop guitar. The tone of an acoustic guitar is produced by the vibration of the strings, which is amplified by the body of the guitar, which acts as a resonating chamber. The classical guitar is often played as a solo instrument using a comprehensive fingerpicking technique. Electric guitars, introduced in the 1930s, use an amplifier that can electronically manipulate and shape the tone. Early amplified guitars employed a hollow body, but a solid body was eventually found more suitable, as it was less prone to feedback. Electric guitars have had a continuing profound influence on popular culture. Guitars are recognized as a primary instrument in genres such as blues, bluegrass, country, flamenco, folk, jazz, jota, mariachi, metal, punk, reggae, rock, soul, and many forms of pop.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Guitar

   gi-tär′, n. a six-stringed musical instrument, somewhat like the lute, well adapted for accompanying the voice. [Fr. guitare—L. cithara—Gr. kithara, a lyre or lute. See Cithern.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. guitar

   An instrument to create sound and play music.

   Guitars are created in many forms, shapes, sizes, styles and sounds.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on June 29, 2015  

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. GUITAR

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Guitar is ranked #65593 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Guitar surname appeared 302 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Guitar.
   
   94% or 284 total occurrences were White.
   5.3% or 16 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • Stringed Instrument

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Guitar' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3525

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Guitar' in Nouns Frequency: #1267

How to pronounce Guitar?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Guitar in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Guitar in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Guitar in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Guitar in a Sentence

1. Wallace Stevens:

   They said, You have a blue guitar, you do not play things as they are. The man replied, Things as they are changed upon a blue guitar.

2. Guy Clark:

   All gut strings. That's just the first kind of guitar I played, it was a nylon string guitar. And to me, it's the purest form of guitar making, and I just enjoy doing it.

3. Arthur Bloom:

   And that was my ability to play the guitar. Arthur and his program changed my outlook on what is possible. music has no stigma.

4. Don Felder:

   Being in a band with three guitar players, one thing you need to do is learn to make each guitar voice sound separate and identifiable.

5. Rolling Stone:

   There was no bigger album of 2014 -- in terms of surprise, generosity and controversy, bono, the Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. put their lives on the line: giving away 11 songs of guitar rapture and frank, emotional tales of how they became a band out of the rough streets and spiritual ferment of Seventies Dublin.

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