sax
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6.9
- noun
- /sæks/
- Informal
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saxo
- I love to listen to jazz, especially when the sax plays the melodic solos.
- alto sax
- tenor sax
I'm saying turn the sax around, hook it in, hook it in, pull it up a little bit.
- I'm saying turn the sax around, hook it in, hook it in, pull it up a little bit.
- So when you talk about my old school being a closet sax player, I've never played saxophone in my life.
- I don't play this saxophone, but I've heard that it never fails for a woman to love a sax playing man, so I bought one at a yard sale.
- But like, back then it was like, we need Kenny G to come in here and play sax while we, like, slowly dance and Make Love at the same time.
- Honestly, what's the biggest I've ever seen sax like huge.
Examples
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So I go in and hear the sax player playing this unbelievably great solo.
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I'm saying turn the sax around, hook it in, hook it in, pull it up a little bit.
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Forgot my sax, Mr. G.
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And I just stood there with that sax in my hands.
Fiction book (1997) -
If you need a sax, I'm around.
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The first jazz album I ever bought, also the first sax solo I could whistle by heart.
Blog text (3) -
I took up the sax and fingered the keys up and down a few times.
Fiction book (1993) -
A handsome man leaning against a tree, his sax cradled in his right arm.
Fiction book (2001) -
During the week, he taught band at the local high school: trumpet, alto sax, clarinet, trombone.
Fiction book (2000) -
Basie's tenor sax stars, Lester Young and Herschel Evans, sharing solos on "Texas Shuffle."
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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2.9
A metal wind instrument with a single reed often used in jazz and dance music
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4.2
An instrument that makes sound when you blow into or across it, like a flute
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3.1
An instrument that makes sound when you blow air through it, like a flute or trumpet
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4.1
An instrument that makes sound when a reed vibrates, like a clarinet or saxophone
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3.6
A musical instrument that makes sound when you blow air, often using a reed, like a clarinet or oboe
A wind instrument that uses one reed to make sound, like a clarinet or saxophone
A musical instrument like a clarinet or saxophone that makes sound when air passes one reed
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Etymology
Sax comes from the name of the instrument maker Sax, Adolphe Sax, who invented the saxophone. The full word adds -phone, which means 'sound', like in telephone, so Sax is a short, informal name for the saxophone.