Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

slide guitar

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.08 in modern English

Syllables: slide -gui-tar
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A technique of playing guitar by sliding a metal tube, or (originally) a glass bottleneck, along the guitar strings to alter the pitch.

Inflected Forms

slide guitars (plural)

Synonyms

bottleneck guitar

Questions

What does slide guitar mean?: A 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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