electric organ
Americannoun
noun
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music
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a pipe organ operated by electrical means
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another name for electronic organ
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zoology a small group of modified muscle cells on the body of certain fishes, such as the electric eel, that gives an electric shock to any animal touching them
Etymology
Origin of electric organ
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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Bass notes on the electric organ made the ground under our feet seem to vibrate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2023
A harpsichord, a theorbo and a viola da gamba sound alongside an upright piano and an electric organ.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2023
An electric organ is something like a synthesizer in that you can play everything with keys and foot pedals.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2020
One of the show’s most poignant images is a close-up of an electric organ, destroyed and abandoned in a church in New Orleans’s Ninth Ward, the African American neighborhood swamped by Hurricane Katrina.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 18, 2019
They were able to talk to Billy by means of a computer and a sort of electric organ which made every Earthling speech sound.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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