tunes (noun)

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• looney-tunes — noun Loony, crazy, insane person. Have we, as our culture so often claims, committed our lives to absurdity? Are we religious Looney Tunes marching to the beat of a demonic drummer? …   Wiktionary

• musical box — noun produces music by means of pins on a revolving cylinder that strike the tuned teeth of a comb like metal plate • Syn: ↑music box • Hypernyms: ↑musical instrument, ↑instrument * * * noun chiefly Britain : music box * * * …   Useful english dictionary

• piano tuner — noun someone who tunes pianos • Syn: ↑tuner • Derivationally related forms: ↑tune (for: ↑tuner) • Hypernyms: ↑skilled worker, ↑trained worker, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• hand organ — noun a musical instrument that makes music by rotation of a cylinder studded with pegs • Syn: ↑barrel organ, ↑grind organ, ↑hurdy gurdy, ↑hurdy gurdy, ↑street organ • Topics: ↑music • Hyp …   Useful english dictionary

• fake book — noun a fake in the form of an imitation book; used to fill bookcases of people who wish to appear scholarly • Hypernyms: ↑fake, ↑sham, ↑postiche * * * noun Etymology: fake (III) (to improvise) + book …   Useful english dictionary

• tuner — noun Date: circa 1801 1. one that tunes < a piano tuner > 2. something used for tuning; specifically the part of a receiving set that converts radio signals into audio or video signals …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• zydeco — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: perhaps modification of French les haricots beans, from the Cajun dance tune Les Haricots Sont Pas Salés Date: 1960 popular music of southern Louisiana that combines tunes of French origin with elements of …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• tuner — noun a) A person who tunes a piano. b) A device, electronic or mechanical, that helps a person tune a musical instrument by showing the deviation of the played pitch from the desired pitch …   Wiktionary

• jug band — noun Especially in the U. S., a group of rustic musicians, specializing in bluegrass or folk music, whose instruments include empty jugs, bottles, and similar containers of various sizes which produce musical sounds when the player blows across… …   Wiktionary

• musical box — noun Any of various devices that play tunes by means of pins, on a rotating disk or revolving drum, that strike or pluck metal teeth …   Wiktionary

• alphorn — noun /ælp.hoɹn/ A long, curved, wooden horn used by mountain dwelling herders in the Alps originally to call cattle but now only as musical instrument in classical and folk tunes …   Wiktionary