air guitar
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of air guitar
First recorded in 1980–85
Example Sentences
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While teammates pushed hard on their headphones to hear their nonmetal music, Murphy was playing air guitar and drums in between sets of lifts, nodding his head and attacking his workout.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 3, 2023
It became an obsession, one that delighted him and made him dance and play air sax, air guitar and air banjo in his basement.
From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2022
Not to his adoring public, some of whom likely strummed out some air guitar riffs in parasocial celebration.
From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2022
Ekeler typically celebrates his trips to the end zone by dramatically strumming an air guitar in an exaggerated manner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2021
He’s always asking me if one day we can play a duet, him on air guitar, me on air cello.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
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