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gui·tar I. \gə̇ˈtär, -tȧ(r, chiefly substand ˈgiˌt- also ˈgēˌt-\ noun (-s) Etymology: French guitare, from Middle French, from Old Spanish guitarra, from Arabic qītār, from Greek kithara cithara : a flat-bodied stringed instrument that has a long fretted neck and usually six strings, is played with a plectrum or plucked with the fingers, sounds an octave lower than written, and has a compass of over three octaves up from E in the great octave — called also Spanish guitar; compare electric guitar, hawaiian guitar [guitar: 1 electric, 2 acoustic] II. intransitive verb (guitarred ; guitarred ; guitarring ; guitars) : to play the guitar |