electric guitar
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2.6
- noun
- /ɪˈlɛktrɪk ɡɪˈtɑr/
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guitarra eléctrica
- When Kratus wrote the tipping point article in 2007, the best-selling instruments were the electric guitar and keyboard.
- electric guitar and drums
Just go out there, just put on a guitar and just deliver a blistering electric guitar solo, put it down and walk off.
- Just go out there, just put on a guitar and just deliver a blistering electric guitar solo, put it down and walk off.
- It's him playing Jingle Bells on his electric guitar and his fire.
- You know, when Bob Dylan started playing electric guitar, it was.
- And I had a unplugged in electric guitar, so I was except that's cool.
Examples
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I showed him what I knew and told him about the electric guitar I had on my Christmas list that year.
Fiction book (2002) -
At the concert, the lead singer played an electric guitar that captivated the audience.
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My first electric guitar was a black Les Paul.
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Bob is playing his electric guitar, not plugged in.
Fiction book (1996) -
It's extremely hard to play an electric guitar when you don't have electricity.
Blog text (9) -
We'd play electric guitars in the countryside.
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The exhibit also contains a life-size statue of Waters, dressed in a classic sharp suit and holding an electric guitar.
Academic text (2009) -
Walker's backup players were of the soft rock 'n' roll variety, using electric guitars and drums.
Academic text (1997) -
They live in Nashville and this is one of the best examples of the most collectible electric guitar ever made.
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Tom Paine and Johnny Goldberg, wearing tricorner hats over powdered hair, play electric guitar.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
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1.0
A musical instrument with six strings that you play by strumming or plucking
How Loud
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2.6
12
2.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a guitar that produces sound electronically' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'electric' (using electrical power) with 'guitar' (a stringed instrument). This adjective+noun compounding follows a regular, cross-linguistic pattern and would be readily understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
The compound electric guitar comes from the simple image of a guitar with electric power: early players would plug the instrument into a box to make it louder. So today 'electric guitar' means a guitar that makes sound through 'electricity' and is usually plugged into an 'amplifier'.