Usually means: Smooth, continuous slide between pitches.
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  1. gliss: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. Gliss: Vocabulary.com
  3. Gliss, gliss: Wordnik
  4. gliss: Dictionary.com
  5. Gliss (band): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. gliss: Wiktionary
  7. Gliss: Dictionary.com

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  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

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  1. Gliss: Encyclopedia

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  1. Gliss: Acronym Finder

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  1. gliss: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (gliss)

noun:  (music) Abbreviation of glissando. [(music) Either a continuous sliding from one pitch to another ("true" glissando), or an incidental scale played while moving from one melodic note to another ("effective" glissando).]
verb:  (music) Abbreviation of glissando. [(music) To play with a glissando or sliding effect.]

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