electric guitar
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of electric guitar
First recorded in 1935–40
Example Sentences
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We would sit knee-to-knee the room was so small, and he’d play the electric guitar.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2026
Every song that you know of Van Halen, I heard from an unplugged-in electric guitar from four inches away, going, “Too long.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 26, 2026
He joined Fleetwood Mac in the 1990s for their 16th studio album, Time, and toured with them, before later starting a sustainable electric guitar company with industrial designer Ravi Sawhney in 2004.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026
We hear a Fender Rhodes piano, strummed electric guitar and a spare trumpet, conjuring images of a late night in a smoky club.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026
Zu had been sitting right behind him, moving in time with the music, her entire body rocking out to the wailing electric guitar.
From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken
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