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wah-wah

  [wah-wah]
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–adjective
1. producing a muted, bawling sound like that of a trumpet with the hand moved momentarily over the bell: a wah-wah effect on a synthesizer; a guitar with a wah-wah pedal.
–noun
2. a sound or effect like the muted sound of a trumpet, esp. in music.
3. an electronic device or attachment to produce such a sound, often used with an electric guitar.
Also, wa-wa.

Origin:
1925–30; imit.
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Word Origin & History

wah-wah 
1926, in jazz slang, in ref. to the effect on brass instruments made by manipulating the mute; of imitative origin. Later also in ref. to an electric guitar effect. As an imitation of the sound of a baby crying, it is recorded from 1938. Wah-wah pedal is recorded from 1969. Cf. Cree wehwew "goose," Algonquian wava "snow goose," of imitative origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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