ukulele

noun

uku·le·le | \ ˌyü-kə-ˈlā-lē ,

ˌü- \

variants: or less commonly ukelele

Definition of ukulele

: a small guitar of Portuguese origin popularized in Hawaii in the 1880s and strung typically with four strings

Examples of ukulele in a Sentence

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Stephanie Vo-Nguyen of Madison High School is a senior who loves singing and playing the ukulele. — Lizzy Acker, OregonLive.com, "2018 Rose Festival Queen is Kiara Johnson of Parkrose High," 9 June 2018 The characters play the piano and other instruments including guitar and ukulele during the show. — Sheryl Devore, Lake County News-Sun, "Marriott Theatre's 'Pinkalicious:' Silly, but honest," 11 July 2018 Yes, prison ukuleles are available and make a thoughtful souvenir for friends and family back home. — Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com, "Cook Islands: The tropical paradise you need to visit before everyone else does," 13 June 2018 Bieber dates a model named Baskin Champion; Gomez flaunts post-breakup ukulele. — Sarah Spellings, The Cut, "A Comprehensive Timeline Of Hailey Baldwin and Justin Bieber’s Relationship," 9 July 2018 Finally, the artist swan-songed with an eight-pack of piano-banjo-ukulele strummed solos, Mac originals that wistfully pondered all that had come before. — Jonathan Takiff, Philly.com, "Taylor Mac: The drag queen who could change your life," 11 June 2018 The actors double as the band, playing piano, violin, melodica, a small trap drum, cymbals, washboard, trombone and a slew of kazoos and ukuleles. — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, "A Coarse, Cacophonous, Compelling 'Cabaret' In New Haven," 26 June 2018 On YouTube, the clip of 12-year-old Grace belting away while playing her signature ukulele has earned more than 83 million views. — Rubi Jones, Teen Vogue, "Grace VanderWaal Creates the Soundtrack to Her Life," 19 June 2018 And don’t aggravate the artist’s hyperacusis, a hearing disorder in which ordinary sounds can be painful, and the reason that Merritt switched from guitar to ukulele and Gonson from drums to piano. — John Seabrook, The New Yorker, "Stephin Merritt Unpacks His Peripatetic Past," 11 June 2018

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