Hurdy Gurdy

What do we mean by hurdy gurdy?

A stringed instrument played by turning a rosined wheel with a crank and depressing keys connected to tangents on the strings. noun

An instrument, such as a barrel organ, played by turning a crank. noun

In a five-stringed instrument the lowest open string is called the bourdon, that next above the mouche, and the highest the trompette, and the melody strings are called chanterelles. noun

A musical instrument shaped somewhat like a lute, having four or more strings, two of which are tuned a fifth apart for the production of a drone-bass, and the other two in unison, but so arranged that they can be shortened by pressing finger-keys connected with an apparatus of tangents not unlike that of the clavichord. noun

In California, a wheel moved by a jet of water issuing under pressure from a conical nozle, and striking open buckets on the circumference of the wheel; an impact-wheel. noun

A crank or windlass used by halibut-fishermen for hauling trawls in deep water where the strain is very heavy. noun

A stringled instrument, lutelike in shape, in which the sound is produced by the friction of a wheel turned by a crank at the end, instead of by a bow, two of the strings being tuned as drones, while two or more, tuned in unison, are modulated by keys. noun

In California, a water wheel with radial buckets, driven by the impact of a jet. noun

Sounding like the Swedish language. adjective

A medieval stringed instrument which has a droning sound. One hand turns a handle connected to a wheel which vibrates the strings, while the other hand plays a keyboard to alter the pitch. noun

A barrel organ. noun

A water wheel with radial buckets, driven by the impact of a jet. noun

A musical instrument that makes music by rotation of a cylinder studded with pegs noun

A musical instrument that makes music by rotation of a cylinder studded with pegs noun

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.

(California) A water wheel with radial buckets, driven by the impact of a jet.

A winch, a windlass.

A stringed instrument invented during the Medieval period in which sound is produced by turning a crank connected to a rosined wheel that excites the strings, much like a violin bow. Different notes are achieved by pressing in keys to which tiny metal or wood pieces called tangents are attached that touch the melody string (or strings) and change their sounding length. These instruments usually have one or more drone strings in addition to the melody string(s) whose pitch is fixed. Often, a hurdy gurdy will possess a buzzing bridge, also known as a "dog", which supplies a rhythmic buzz every time the player sharply jerks the crank. The instrument is held on the lap with the right hand cranking the wheel and the other pressing the keys (in right-handed instruments). The hurdy gurdy sounds similar to bagpipes, but is very different in the way it produces sound. The hurdy gurdy was popular in France, among many other places in Western and Eastern Europe, and though at various points it was associated with the peasantry, it was a favorite instrument of the aristocracy in the 18th century. Urban Dictionary

The only two Swedish words that are not 'Abba' or 'Ikea'. Urban Dictionary

A type of food used as sides, toppings or even snacks Urban Dictionary

The term, first coined in the early 1990s, is used to describe Excrement/Faeces/Poo/Shit/Turd or a Log, and is generally used in the North East of England (Teesside and Tyneside) Urban Dictionary

A sex position where the male gets into a sexual position where he is shaped like the musical instrument the hurdy gurdy. Urban Dictionary

The hurdy-gurdy is the first stringed instrument Like an Organ grinder would use for his monkey to dance too. A hurty Gurty man is someone that stirs up the a group of people. Like a Musician can get the room jumpin. Urban Dictionary

A man who is well hung Urban Dictionary

Man with a large penis and balls. Urban Dictionary

An exclamation uttered when cruising itunes and finding out somehow you've ended up on the oldies page. OR: (adj) used to describe anything that is so beyond retro as to be prehistoric. Urban Dictionary

A sexual act in which a person strokes one man's penis and fingers anither woman's vagina, much like one would play the instrument of the same name. Urban Dictionary

Words that rhyme with hurdy gurdy:
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Consonant match to hurdy gurdy:
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Words that sound like hurdy gurdy:
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