glissando
(adverb) (musical direction) in the manner of a glissando (with a rapidly executed series of notes); “this should be played glissando, please”
glissando
(noun) a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale
Source: WordNet® 3.1
glissando (plural glissandi or glissandos or glissandoes)
(music) Either a continuous sliding from one pitch to another ("true" glissando), or an incidental scale played while moving from one melodic note to another ("effective" glissando).
A method of playing an electric guitar in which a metal bar is held at right angles across the strings and rapidly moved up and down, creating a smooth, lush sound.
glissando (third-person singular simple present glissandos, present participle glissandoing, simple past and past participle glissandoed)
(music) To play with a glissando or sliding effect.
Source: Wiktionary
Glis*san"do, n. & a. Etym: [As if It. = Fr. glissant sliding.] (Mus.)
Definition: A gliding effect; gliding.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 January 2025
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
