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air guitar

air guitar noun: an imaginary guitar that a listener to (usually rock) music pretends to play.

air guitar: an imaginary guitar that a listener to (usually rock) music pretends to play
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Noun

air guitar (plural air guitars)

  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.

Verb

air guitar (third-person singular simple present air guitars, present participle air guitaring, simple past and past participle air guitared)

  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 of air guitar

Noun
pluralair guitars
Verb
third-person singular presentair guitars
present participleair guitaring
past participleair guitared
pastair guitared

Words formed from air guitar

Questions about air guitar

What does air guitar mean?
Air guitar means an imaginary guitar that a listener to (usually rock) music pretends to play.
What part of speech is air guitar?
Air guitar can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of air guitar?
The plural of air guitar is air guitars.

Words near air guitar in the dictionary

  1. air gap
  2. air gaps
  3. air gas
  4. air girl
  5. air girls
  6. air guitar
  7. air guitared
  8. air guitaring
  9. air guitarist
  10. air guitarists
  11. air guitars

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