Definition of air guitars

air guitar    

noun

• a mimed guitar.

  They're all playing their air guitars.

  • See more words with the same meaning: music (related to).

  Last edited on Jul 24 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 24 2010.

noun - uncountable

• a form of dance/mime in which a person mimes playing a guitar while music is playing.

  Sweden holds an air guitar competition.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to play music, an instrument.

  Last edited on Jul 24 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 26 2009.

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rap	Definitions include: one's game
candy	Definitions include: vagina.
jam out	Definitions include: to perform music enthusiastically.
cut	Definitions include: annoyed, angry, upset, disappointed.
head-bang	Definitions include: to perform aggressive fellatio.
gig	Definitions include: to dance.
blast	Definitions include: something very fun.
cover	Definitions include: admission paid to get into a bar, dance club, etc.
selector	Definitions include: the person who selects the records / tracks for a DJ to play.
nad	Definitions include: acronym for "new amplifier day".
mosh pit	Definitions include: an area at concerts in which people "mosh."
808	Definitions include: a Roland 808 drum machine.
boy band	Definitions include: a pop group whose members are young men.
train wreck	Definitions include: the event in which a DJ is playing records ("spinning") and doesn't properly match beat tempos while transitioning ("crossfading") from one track to another.
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Other terms relating to 'to play music, an instrument':
spin	Definitions include: to play records.
womp womp	Definitions include: imitation of a sound effect traditionally used in cartoons after something unfortunate happens to a character.
hit it	Definitions include: to have sex.
wank	Definitions include: to masturbate, especially male masturbation.
jam	Definitions include: to leave.
gack	Definitions include: to pretend to play a musical instrument, especially a guitar.
throw down	Definitions include: to fight.
tickle the ivories	Definitions include: to play the piano.
cover	Definitions include: admission paid to get into a bar, dance club, etc.

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Other terms relating to 'air':
AC	Definitions include: air conditioning.
air biscuit	Definitions include: a fart.
air con	Definitions include: "air conditioner".
Air Farce	Definitions include: pejorative term for an Air Force.
air hanky	Definitions include: clearing one's nostrils by holding one nostril closed with one finger and forcing the other nostril clear by pressure.
airhead	Definitions include: an unintelligent person; "dimwit".
air (one's) dirty laundry	Definitions include: to reveal one's closely guarded secrets.
air quote	Definitions include: the use of the fingers to make virtual quotation marks while speaking.
dead air	Definitions include: silence on the radio.
factory air	Definitions include: the space/gap between certain women's most upper and inner thigh just below her crotch.
float an air biscuit	Definitions include: to flatulate; "fart".
full of hot air	Definitions include: see hot air.
get some air	Definitions include: to go outside.
hot air	Definitions include: empty speech or writing.
out of thin air	Definitions include: without warning.
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Other terms relating to 'guitar':
guitar humper	Definitions include: a band "groupie" who has an insatiable desire to hang out with member(s) of any band, regardless of their musical ability, popularity, talent or looks.

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