slide guitar

noun

1. bottleneck ( def 3 ).

slide guitar

noun

1. a technique of guitar playing derived from bottleneck, using a steel or glass tube on one finger across the frets

Word History and Origins

Origin of slide guitar¹

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

Even its most downcast song — his take on the Delta Blues of Louie Lasky’s “How You Want Your Rollin’ Done” — grooves with slide guitar and stomping drums.

From Washington Post