Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A Latin American percussion instrument made of a hollow gourd with a grooved or serrated surface, played by scraping with a stick or rod.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A musical instrument made of a hollow gourd with parallel notches cut in one side, and played by rubbing a stick or scraper ("
pua ") along the notches to produce a ratchet-like sound.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The guiro is the topic for today's 9: 30 Coffee Break
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On stage with the Afro-Cuban All Stars at New York City's Town Hall, De Marcos is at ease and enjoying himself, effortlessly conducting a sea of brass and percussion while keeping time on guiro, or wooden scraper.
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I stroked the side of a guiro a grated Latin percussion instrument for the sound of the fuse, and Craig whacked a huge bass drum with a tympani mallet for the bomb—tsssss BOOM!
I slept with Joey Ramone Mickey Leigh 2009
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I stroked the side of a guiro a grated Latin percussion instrument for the sound of the fuse, and Craig whacked a huge bass drum with a tympani mallet for the bomb—tsssss BOOM!
I slept with Joey Ramone Mickey Leigh 2009
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I stroked the side of a guiro a grated Latin percussion instrument for the sound of the fuse, and Craig whacked a huge bass drum with a tympani mallet for the bomb—tsssss BOOM!
I slept with Joey Ramone Mickey Leigh 2009
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I stroked the side of a guiro a grated Latin percussion instrument for the sound of the fuse, and Craig whacked a huge bass drum with a tympani mallet for the bomb—tsssss BOOM!
I slept with Joey Ramone Mickey Leigh 2009
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This technology is adaptable to almost any type of apparel and they have also made air tambourines and an air guiro, a percussion instrument.
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Add the rhythmic, ratchety sound of a guiro, along with a singer or two, and you have a basic parranda.
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The invention also comes in guiro a gourd-derived latin percussion instrument, wikipedia entry here and tambourine versions.
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The invention also comes in guiro a gourd-derived latin percussion instrument, wikipedia entry here and tambourine versions.
knitandpurl commented on the word guiro
"The sound is like a credit card being scraped over a comb, or a guiro percussion instrument or, like the corncrake's onomatopoeic Latin name, Crex crex."
The Outrun by Amy Liptrot, p 124
May 9, 2017