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palm muted

palm muted is the simple past and past participle of palm mute.

Meaning of palm mute

Verb

palm mute (third-person singular simple present palm mutes, present participle palm muting, simple past and past participle palm muted)

  1. (transitive) To soften the sound of the strings of a guitar (or other stringed instrument) by placing the palm of the strumming or picking hand lightly across the strings near the bridge while playing.

Adjective

palm muted (comparative more palm muted, superlative most palm muted)

  1. Of music, played using the palm muting technique.

Forms of palm muted

comparativemore palm muted
superlativemost palm muted

Questions about palm muted

What does palm muted mean?
Palm muted means of music, played using the palm muting technique.
What is palm muted the simple past and past participle of?
Palm muted is the simple past and past participle of palm mute.
What part of speech is palm muted?
Palm muted is an adjective.

Words near palm muted in the dictionary

  1. palm kernels
  2. palm king
  3. palm kings
  4. palm lily
  5. palm mute
  6. palm muted
  7. palm mutes
  8. palm muting
  9. palm nut
  10. palm nuts
  11. palm off

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Adapted from Wiktionary: palm muted (page history and authors); palm mute (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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