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

Other Word Forms

• air guitarist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of air guitar¹

First recorded in 1980–85

Example Sentences

And Hammett was soon playing air guitar with his brother’s tennis racket.

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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.

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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.

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