hurdy-gurdy

1. 1.

   a stringed instrument that produces sounds by means of a wheel that rubs against the strings

   Synonymshurdy gurdywheel fiddle

   Broadermusical instrument

Questions about hurdy-gurdy

What does hurdy-gurdy mean?

hurdy-gurdy means "a stringed instrument that produces sounds by means of a wheel that rubs against the strings".

How many syllables are in hurdy-gurdy?

hurdy-gurdy has 4 syllables: hur-dy--gur-dy. The stress falls on "dy-".

What is another word for hurdy-gurdy?

Close synonyms include hurdy gurdy, wheel fiddle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hurdy-gurdy a common word?

hurdy-gurdy is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.