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ukulele
[ yoo-kuh-ley-lee; Hawaiian oo-koo-ley-ley ]
noun
- a small, guitarlike musical instrument associated chiefly with Hawaiian music.
ukulele
/ ˌjuːkəˈleɪlɪ /
noun
- a small four-stringed guitar, esp of Hawaii
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Origin of ukulele1
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Example Sentences
Trainor brought along a ukulele to her audition and blew him away.
There are few things cuter than a little kid killing it on the ukulele.
Bernice saw that Warren's eyes had left a ukulele he had been tinkering with and were fixed on her questioningly.
Somebody began to play a ukulele, and gay voices took up the tune.
But Fulaanu lounged with her ukulele, surrounded by amorous sailors who gazed longingly into her eyes.
Returning home for a canned luncheon she discovered Gaylord humming a love song and strumming on his ukulele.
From within, through the open window, came the tinkling of Tom's ukulele and the rollicking lilt of his voice in an Hawaiian hula.
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