English

A man playing air guitar

Noun

air guitar ‎(plural air guitars)

1. An imaginary guitar that a listener to (usually rock) music pretends to play.

   I was embarrassed when a girl I knew walked in on my friends and I playing air guitar.

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See also

• shadow boxing

Verb

air guitar ‎(third-person singular simple present air guitars, present participle air guitaring, simple past and past participle air guitared)

1. (intransitive) To mime the action of playing a guitar.
   • 2014, John L. Arnott, Magic Tales, AuthorHouse, ISBN 9781491858097 (hardcover), ISBN 9781491858103 (softcover), 191:

     Randy put his hand in the air and gave Ryan a resounding high-five, yelling, “Oh yeah!” and starts to air guitar, triggering the rest of the family to air guitar with him.

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Portuguese

Noun

air guitar m or f (in variation) (uncountable)

1. air guitar (imaginary guitar that a person pretends to play)