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
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
To her right stood Brandon Ross, whose searing yet disarmingly tender electric guitar tones built like waves, exploded like starbursts or sketched lines of staggering intricacy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 4, 2026
Thudding drums, an electric guitar that chugs like a tank’s engine turning over and blaring trumpet fanfare announce the onset of football on CBS, Fox and NBC.
From Salon ● Mar. 18, 2026
He was wearing an electric guitar, slung around his neck on a strap.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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