Definitions
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- adjective Resembling or characteristic of a
sitar .
Etymologies
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Examples
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For others, a nurturing female deity who plays a sitarlike instrument … or a spirit that animates everything from elementary particles to galaxies … or a cosmic consciousness that exists beyond space and time.
The G.O.D. Experiments Gary E. Schwartz 2006
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"Mohan veena," which has three melody strings, five drone strings, and a dozen more that are never plucked -- these sympathetic strings, coaxed into vibration by the sounds of the others, give the instrument a sitarlike sound and make it more amenable to raga playing.
Chicago Reader 2010
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"Mohan veena," which has three melody strings, five drone strings, and a dozen more that are never plucked -- these sympathetic strings, coaxed into vibration by the sounds of the others, give the instrument a sitarlike sound and make it more amenable to raga playing.
Chicago Reader 2010
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"Mohan veena," which has three melody strings, five drone strings, and a dozen more that are never plucked -- these sympathetic strings, coaxed into vibration by the sounds of the others, give the instrument a sitarlike sound and make it more amenable to raga playing.
Chicago Reader 2010
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Ura, against a litany of desiccated rattles and sitarlike hums.
NYT > Home Page By STEVE SMITH 2010
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"Mohan veena," which has three melody strings, five drone strings, and a dozen more that are never plucked -- these sympathetic strings, coaxed into vibration by the sounds of the others, give the instrument a sitarlike sound and make it more amenable to raga playing.
Chicago Reader 2010
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Ura, against a litany of desiccated rattles and sitarlike hums.
NYT > Home Page By STEVE SMITH 2010
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It's modified with a steering wheel that, when spun and hit, rattles and rings; a dulcimer with a license plate inserted under the strings which they named The Schambukler, that produces sitarlike notes; and high hats made from pie pans, dubbed pie hats.
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It's modified with a steering wheel that, when spun and hit, rattles and rings; a dulcimer with a license plate inserted under the strings which they named The Schambukler, that produces sitarlike notes; and high hats made from pie pans, dubbed pie hats.
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It's modified with a steering wheel that, when spun and hit, rattles and rings; a dulcimer with a license plate inserted under the strings which they named The Schambukler, that produces sitarlike notes; and high hats made from pie pans, dubbed pie hats.
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