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guitar pop

guitar pop noun: guitar-based pop/rock music, such as pop rock, jangle pop, or indie pop.

Noun

guitar pop (uncountable)

  1. Guitar-based pop/rock music, such as pop rock, jangle pop, or indie pop.

Origin of guitar pop

The term saw increased usage in the 1980s in journals like NME.

Questions about guitar pop

What does guitar pop mean?
Guitar pop means guitar-based pop/rock music, such as pop rock, jangle pop, or indie pop.
What part of speech is guitar pop?
Guitar pop is a noun.

Words near guitar pop in the dictionary

  1. guitar cellos
  2. guitar fiddle
  3. guitar fiddles
  4. guitar pick
  5. guitar picks
  6. guitar pop
  7. guitar string
  8. guitar strings
  9. guitar-cello
  10. guitar-cellos
  11. guitar-player

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