I. gə̇ˈtär, -tȧ(r, chiefly substand ˈgiˌt- also ˈgēˌt- noun
( -s )
Etymology: French guitare, from Middle French, from Old Spanish guitarra, from Arabic qītār, from Greek kithara cithara
: a flat-bodied stringed instrument that has a long fretted neck and usually six strings, is played with a plectrum or plucked with the fingers, sounds an octave lower than written, and has a compass of over three octaves up from E in the great octave — called also Spanish guitar ; compare electric guitar , hawaiian guitar
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guitar: 1 electric, 2 acoustic
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II. intransitive verb
( guitarred ; guitarred ; guitarring ; guitars )
: to play the guitar