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air guitar

noun

  1. an imaginary guitar that one pretends to be playing:

    a fan playing air guitar along with the band.



air guitar

noun

  1. an imaginary guitar played while miming to rock music
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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  • air guitarist noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of air guitar1

First recorded in 1980–85
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Example Sentences

This was, he claimed, evidence of him performing "air guitar", nothing else.

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As for whether he was mimicking someone urinating, Mr Van Quickenborne - widely known as "Quickie" in Belgium - said he was in fact performing an "air guitar solo".

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But each one catches your eye with small-scale wonders and charm: Culbreath busting out some air guitar and the Moonwalk, Emily Pietruszka popping like a fierce robot.

Keanu Reeves traded his “Bill and Ted” air guitar for a real one over the weekend, reuniting with his alternative rock trio Dogstar in Napa Valley for the group’s first performance in more than 20 years.

"The co-presenter looked like she was having the time of her life playing air guitar and trading quips with a rubber turkey," the Telegraph's Ed Power wrote in his review of the first semi-final.

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