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air guitar en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. An imaginary guitar that a listener to (usually rock) music pretends to play.
    • I was embarrassed when my girlfriend walked in on my friends and me playing air guitar.

Forms

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air guitars Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

air guitarist

Relateds

shadow boxing

Translations (9)

pt air guitar (imaginary guitar that a person pretends to play) · hu léggitár (imaginary guitar that a person pretends to play) · fi ilmakitara (imaginary guitar that a person pretends to play) · nl luchtgitaar (imaginary guitar that a person pretends to play) · mn агаарын гитар (imaginary guitar that a person pretends to play) · pl gitara powietrzna (imaginary guitar that a person pretends to play) · de Luftgitarre (imaginary guitar that a person pretends to play) · sv luftgitarr (imaginary guitar that a person pretends to play) · ga aerghiotár (imaginary guitar that a person pretends to play)

air guitar en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To mime the action of playing a guitar.
    • Randy put his hand in the air and gave Ryan a resounding high-five, yelling, “Oh yeah!” and starts to air guitar, triggering the rest of the family to air guitar with him. 2014, John L. Arnott, Magic Tales, AuthorHouse (hardcover) (softcover), 191

Forms

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air guitared Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
air guitared Tense=Past lexicographic
air guitaring Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
air guitars Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Translations (2)

fi soittaa ilmakitaraa (to mime the action of playing a guitar) · hu léggitározik (to mime the action of playing a guitar)