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
She sang traditional gospel songs with contemporary jazz tempos that she played on her electric guitar.
From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2026
A sparkly pink electric guitar hangs on a wall of the recording studio where Hilary Duff made her new album.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026
She’s 16, and by now she knows how to issue perfect sound bites: “I think every citizen should be given an electric guitar on her sixteenth birthday.”
From Salon ● Jan. 27, 2026
He also got two black sweaters he might actually wear, some Avon cologne in a bottle shaped like an electric guitar, and an empty key ring—which his dad made sure everybody noticed.
From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell
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