hurdy-gurdy
Pronunciation Adjective
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Pronunciation Adjective
hurdy-gurdy (not comparable)
- (jocular) Sounding like the Swedish language.
hurdy-gurdy
- (musical instrument) 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.
- (musical instrument) Synonym of street organ#English|street organ.
- (US, California) A water wheel with radial buckets, driven by the impact of a jet.
- (fishing, sailing) A winch, a windlass.
- (stringed instrument) wheel fiddle
- French: vielle à roue
- German: Drehleier, Drehorgel, Leierkasten
- Italian: ghironda
- Portuguese: viela de roda, sanfona
- Russian: колёсная ли́ра
- Spanish: zanfona
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