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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

humbucker

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.01 in modern English

Syllables
hum-buck-er
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pickup, on an electric guitar, that has a pair of coils of reverse polarity connected in series in order to reduce buzzing noise caused by mains frequency.

Etymology

From hum (“noise”) + buck (“resist, overcome”) + -er.

Inflected Forms

humbuckers (plural)

Synonyms

humbucking pickup

Questions

What does humbucker mean?
A pickup, on an electric guitar, that has a pair of coils of reverse polarity connected in series in order to reduce buzzing noise caused by mains frequency.
Where does humbucker come from?
From hum (“noise”) + buck (“resist, overcome”) + -er.

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