slide guitar

American  

noun

1. bottleneck.

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slide guitar British  

noun

1. a technique of guitar playing derived from bottleneck, using a steel or glass tube on one finger across the frets

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Etymology

Origin of slide guitar

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

Rea said that at the time he was "meant to be developing my father's ice cream cafe into a global concern, but I spent all my time in the stockroom playing slide guitar".

From BBC

Rea was building a reputation for his slide guitar playing when his record company insisted on releasing Driving Home for Christmas in 1986.

From BBC

"Take off all that armour / You can't carry all that weight," he sings over a delicate slide guitar.

From BBC

“John Sinclair” gains an extended outro with a slide guitar solo that Lennon had previously faded.

From The Wall Street Journal

When the blood really starts hitting the fan, Göransson asked his wife and a string orchestra to help escalate the drama, and he had violins bend notes just like his slide guitar.

From Los Angeles Times