electric guitar
Americannoun
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electric guitars
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of electric guitar
First recorded in 1935–40
Example Sentences
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The curvy design is by far the world’s most popular electric guitar shape.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 27, 2026
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
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
She sang traditional gospel songs with contemporary jazz tempos that she played on her electric guitar.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2026
And he never closes his bedroom door, so I have to listen to the screams of an electric guitar from across the hall when I’m trying to paint.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
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