HURDY-GURDY

Meaning of HURDY-GURDY in English

/ ˈhɜːdi gɜːdi; NAmE ˈhɜːrdi gɜːrdi/ noun

( pl. -ies ) a small musical instrument that is played by turning a handle

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WORD ORIGIN

mid 18th cent.: probably imitative of the sound of the instrument.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

HURDY-GURDY — noun (plural -gurdies) Etymology: probably imitative Date: 1749 a stringed instrument in which sound is produced by the friction of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HURDY-GURDY — Pear-shaped fiddle, the strings of which are sounded by the rim of a rosined wooden wheel turned by a handle. …
Английский словарь Британика
HURDY-GURDY — |hərdē|gərdē, |hə̄dē|gə̄dē, |həidē|gəidē, -di|...di noun ( -es ) Etymology: probably imitative 1. : a stringed musical instrument resembling a lute …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HURDY-GURDY — noun ( plural -gurdies ) Etymology: probably imitative Date: 1749 1. : a stringed instrument in which sound is produced …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HURDY-GURDY — noun in california, a water wheel with radial buckets, driven by the impact of a jet. 2. hurdy-gurdy ·noun a …
Webster English vocab
HURDY-GURDY — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Although they hail from Quebec, the hurdy-gurdy of this ensemble is sure to pass muster …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HURDY-GURDY — Pear-shaped fiddle, the strings of which are sounded by the rim of a rosined wooden wheel turned by a handle. …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
HURDY-GURDY — сущ. 1) муз. а) старинный струнный музыкальный инструмент (типа лютни) б) шарманка Syn : hand organ, street-organ 2) мор. лебедка …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HURDY-GURDY — сущ. 1) муз. а) старинный струнный музыкальный инструмент (типа лютни) б) шарманка Syn : hand organ, street-organ 2) мор. лебедка …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
HURDY-GURDY — (n.) In California, a water wheel with radial buckets, driven by the impact of a jet.
Английский словарь Webster
HURDY-GURDY — (n.) A stringled instrument, lutelike in shape, in which the sound is produced by the friction of a wheel turned …
Английский словарь Webster
HURDY-GURDY — — hurdy-gurdist, hurdy-gurdyist , n. /herr"dee gerr"dee, -gerr'-/ , n. , pl. hurdy-gurdies . 1. a barrel organ or similar …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HURDY-GURDY — [ 'hə:dɪˌgə:di ] ■ noun ( plural hurdy-gurdies ) a musical instrument with a droning sound played by turning a …
Concise Oxford English vocab
HURDY-GURDY — hurdy-gurd|y BrE AmE ˈhɜːd i ˌɡɜːd |i ˌ••ˈ•• AmE \ ˈhɝːd i ˌɡɝːd |i ▷ hurdy-gurd|ies iz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HURDY-GURDY — hur ‧ dy-gur ‧ dy /ˈhɜːdi ˌɡɜːdi $ ˌhɜːrdi ˈɡɜːrdi/ BrE AmE noun ( plural hurdy-gurdies ) [countable] [ Date: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HURDY-GURDY — ( n. ) In California, a water wheel with radial buckets, driven by the impact of a jet.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HURDY-GURDY — ( n. ) A stringled instrument, lutelike in shape, in which the sound is produced by the friction of a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HURDY GURDY — n. musical instrument played by the action of a rotating cylinder and equipped with pins; hand organ
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HURDY-GURDY — Pronunciation: ˌ h ə r-d ē - ' g ə r-d ē , ' h ə r-d ē - ˌ …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
HURDY-GURDY — [hur.dy-gur.dy] n, pl -gurdies [prob. imit.] (1749) 1: a stringed instrument in which sound is produced by the friction of …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HURDY-GURDY — n. (pl. -ies) 1 a musical instrument with a droning sound, played by turning a handle, esp. one with a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HURDY-GURDY — n. (pl. -ies) 1. a musical instrument with a droning sound, played by turning a handle, esp. one with a …
Oxford English vocab
HURDY GURDY — A kind of fiddle, originally made perhaps out of a gourd. See HUMSTRUM.
Slang English vocab
HURDY-GURDY — Шарманка
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
HURDY GURDY — Колёсная лира
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
HURDY GURDY — Колёсная лира
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
HURDY-GURDY — n 1. 1> колёсная лира ( музыкальный инструмент, напоминающий лютню ) 2> шарманка 2. мор. проф. глубоководная лебёдка
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HURDY-GURDY — сущ.1) муз. а) старинный струнный музыкальный инструмент (типа лютни) б) шарманка Syn:hand organ, street-organ 2) мор. лебедка для вытаскивания глубоководных …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
HURDY GURDY — (n) глубоководная лебедка; колесная лира; шарманка
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
HURDY-GURDY — n 1. 1) колёсная лира ( музыкальный инструмент, напоминающий лютню ) 2) шарманка 2. мор. проф. глубоководная лебёдка
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
HURDY-GURDY — n 1. 1> колёсная лира ( музыкальный инструмент, напоминающий лютню ) 2> шарманка 2. мор. проф. глубоководная лебёдка
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HURDY GURDY — n. старинный струнный музыкальный инструмент, шарманка
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
HURDY GURDY — n. старинный струнный музыкальный инструмент, шарманка
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
HURDY-GURDY — сущ. 1) муз. а) старинный струнный музыкальный инструмент ( типа лютни ) б) шарманка Syn: hand organ , street-organ 2) …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
HURDY-GURDY — сущ. 1) муз. а) старинный струнный музыкальный инструмент (типа лютни) б) шарманка Syn: hand organ, street-organ 2) мор. лебедка для вытаскивания глубоководных тралов
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
HURDY-GURDY — _n. 1> старинный струнный музыкальный инструмент 2> шарманка 3> _мор. лебедка для вытаскивания глубоководных тралов
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
HURDY-GURDY — n. 1. старинный струнный музыкальный инструмент 2. шарманка 3. мор. лебедка для вытаскивания глубоководных тралов
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
HURDY-GURDY — старинный струнный музыкальный инструмент шарманка
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
HURDY-GURDY — _n. 1> старинный струнный музыкальный инструмент 2> шарманка 3> _мор. лебёдка для вытаскивания глубоководных тралов
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
HURDY-GURDY — [n.] шарманка
Morteza English-Russian Dictionary
HURDY-GURDY — n шарманка
Англо-Русский словарь - Королев
GURDY — ˈgərdē noun ( -es ) Etymology: short for hurdy-gurdy : a revolving drum or large spool used in hauling nets …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HURDY — gurdy [noun] [C] - a musical instrument which is played by turning a handle, causing a small wheel to be …
Cambridge English vocab
HURDY-GURDIST — |hərdē|gərdə̇st noun or hurdy-gurdy·ist | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷dēə̇st ( -s ) : a hurdy-gurdy player
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HURDY-GURDYIST — noun see hurdy-gurdist
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ROTA — I. ˈrōd.ə noun ( -s ) Etymology: Latin, wheel — more at roll 1. chiefly Britain a. : a fixed …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MUSIC — I. ˈmyüzik, -zēk noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English musik, from Old French musique, from Latin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIRA — I. ˈlirə, ˈlē- noun Etymology: Italian, from Latin libra balance, unit of weight 1. plural li·re ˈlē(ˌ)rā also li·ras ˈlirəz, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DRY — I. ˈdrī adjective ( dri·er also dry·er -ī(ə)r, -īə ; dri·est also dry·est -īə̇st) Etymology: Middle English drie, dry, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VIELLE — ˈvyel noun ( -s ) Etymology: French — more at viol 1. : a large medieval viol of the 12th …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SYMPHONIA — simˈfōnēə noun ( -s ) Etymology: Latin — more at symphony 1. : concord of sounds ; especially : musical …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STREET PIANO — noun : a rudimentary mechanical piano played on the streets and operated by turning a crank or handle — called …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ORGANISTRUM — ˌȯ(r)gəˈnistrəm noun ( -s ) Etymology: Medieval Latin, from Latin organum organ — more at organ : hurdy-gurdy 1
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LANTUM — ˈlantəm noun ( -s ) Etymology: origin unknown : a large hurdy-gurdy
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HUMSTRUM — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( -s ) Etymology: hum (I) + strum 1. : a crude fiddle ; broadly : any out-of-tune …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GURDY MAN — noun : a worker who coils fishing lines as they are pulled in and the fish removed
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BOURDON — ˈbürd ə n, -ōr-, -ər- noun also bor·dun ˈbȯr- ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English burdoun, from Middle French bourdon …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HURDLING — sport in track-and-field athletics in which a runner races over a series of obstacles called hurdles, which are set a …
Britannica English vocabulary
PASS — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bill is passed by parliament (= it is made into a law ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MUSTER — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES gather/muster/summon your strength (= get enough strength to do something ) ▪ He sat …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
VIELLE — (n.) An old stringed instrument played upon with a wheel; a hurdy-gurdy.
Английский словарь Webster
ROTE — (n.) A kind of guitar, the notes of which were produced by a small wheel or wheel-like arrangement; an instrument …
Английский словарь Webster
BOURDON — (n.) A drone bass, as in a bagpipe, or a hurdy-gurdy. See Burden (of a song.)
Английский словарь Webster
VIELLE — ( n. ) An old stringed instrument played upon with a wheel; a hurdy-gurdy.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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