Usually means: Stringed instrument with rotating wheel.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word hurdy-gurdy:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. hurdy-gurdy: Merriam-Webster
  2. hurdy-gurdy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hurdy-gurdy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hurdy-gurdy, hurdy-gurdy: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hurdy-gurdy: Vocabulary.com
  6. hurdy-gurdy: Wordnik
  7. hurdy-gurdy: Wiktionary
  8. hurdy-gurdy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. hurdy-gurdy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. hurdy-gurdy: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Hurdy-gurdy, hurdy-gurdy: Dictionary.com
  12. hurdy-gurdy: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Hurdy-gurdy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Hurdy-gurdy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. hurdy-gurdy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. Hurdy-gurdy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. hurdy-gurdy: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. Hurdy-gurdy: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  19. hurdy-gurdy: FreeDictionary.org
  20. hurdy-gurdy: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. hurdy-gurdy: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. SimplyTheBest Music Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hurdy-gurdy: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hurdy-gurdy, hurdy-gurdy: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)

(Note: See hurdy-gurdies as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (music) 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.
noun:  (music) Synonym of street organ, often considered a misnomer.
noun:  (US, California) A water wheel with radial buckets, driven by the impact of a jet.
noun:  (fishing, sailing) A winch, a windlass.
adjective:  (humorous) Sounding like the Swedish language.

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