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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
adj
Sounding like the Swedish language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: humorous, not-comparable
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noun
A stringed instrument that produces a droning sound by turning a handle that connects to a wheel that rubs against a rosined string, with a keyboard also used to alter the pitch of the string.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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Synonyms: organistrum
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Synonym of street organ, often considered a misnomer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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Synonyms: street organ, often considered a misnomer
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A water wheel with radial buckets, driven by the impact of a jet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: California, US
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noun
A winch, a windlass.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fishing, hobbies, lifestyle, nautical, sailing, transport
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noun
a musical instrument that makes music by rotation of a cylinder studded with pegs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: barrel organ, grind organ, hand organ, hurdy gurdy, street organ
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: musical instrument, instrument
History
Probably onomatopoeic in imitation of the sound produced by the stringed instrument. Compare obsolete hirdy-girdy (“an uproar; noise”). Attested from the 1740s.
Across languages
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
