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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A portable wind instrument with a small keyboard and free metal reeds that sound when air is forced past them by pleated bellows operated by the player.
  2. adj. Having folds or bends like the bellows of an accordion: accordion pleats; accordion blinds.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A small keyed wind-instrument, opening and shutting like a bellows, and having its tones generated by the play of wind thus produced upon metallic reeds. It is constructed on the same principle as the concertina and the harmonium, but is much inferior to them.
  2. Resembling in its folds the bellows of an accordion: as, an accordion camera (one that is extensible), accordion skirts, etc.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A small, portable, keyed wind instrument, whose tones are generated by play of the wind from a squeezed bellows upon free metallic reeds.
  2. adj. Pleated, or folded like a bellows from an accordion.
  3. v. transitive, intransitive To fold up, in the manner of an accordion

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Mus.) A small, portable, keyed wind instrument, whose tones are generated by play of the wind upon free metallic reeds.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player

Etymologies

  1. German Akkordion, from Akkord, chord, from French accord, harmony, from Old French acorder, to accord, from Medieval Latin accordāre, to bring into agreement; see accord. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  1. squeezebox

hypernyms (2)

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  1. free-reed instrument
  1. keyboard instrument

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  1. trombone
  2. harmonica
  3. sax
  4. mandolin
  1. cornet
  2. harpsichord
  3. cello
  4. ukulele
  1. guitar
  2. flute
  3. accordian
  4. viola
  1. fiddle
  2. tambourine
  3. fife
  4. harmonium
  1. bugle
  2. bagpipe
  3. accordeon
  4. piano
  1. pianoforte
  2. concertina

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  1. Edwardian
  1. Gordian
  1. gordian

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  1. lantum
  2. accordion
  3. concertina
  1. bellows camera
  2. conjunto
  3. flautino
  1. hand-harmonica
  2. squeezebox
  3. bal musette
  1. bandoneon
  2. accordionist
  3. æolina
  1. flutina
  2. bellows
  3. wind instrument
  1. play
  2. zydeco

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  • oroboros That's no Lady! That's my....uh, hmmmm, well, no on Lady of Spain, but I did do an interview or two with playing on the local radio, too: KTMS. Jan 30, 2011

  • reesetee :-) Jan 22, 2011

  • ruzuzu Wow, oroboros--that's awesome. Do you know Lady of Spain? Jan 22, 2011

  • reesetee My people. *wipes away tear* Jan 22, 2011

  • oroboros I'm astounded I didn't discover this page 4 years ago and expose a limited chapter of my past. I played accordion as a kid *and* I played in an accordion band. We played on a float in the Santa Barbara Fiesta Parade as well as other public venues for a number of years and appeared on the local TV station,KEYT, on several occasions. A few of the members could play 12th Street Rag with the bellow shake and were awe inspiring to the rest of us hacks. Jan 22, 2011

  • reesetee Let me tell you--that kid is going to have incredible forearms in a few years.

    R: Not a bad habit at all. I've come to expect the Lady of Spain Question. :-) Jan 19, 2011

  • ruzuzu Wow. That's just....

    Is that kid Lithuanian?

    I adore you, Pro. Jan 19, 2011

  • Prolagus How about this? Jan 19, 2011

  • ruzuzu That's funny! Whenever I find out that someone knows how to play accordion, the first question I ask is whether they know Lady of Spain. I don't know where I picked up that bad habit.

    I do like the version by Les Paul and Mary Ford--but I don't think they used an accordion. Jan 19, 2011

  • reesetee No, no, no. I deliberately did not let myself learn "Lady of Spain." Jan 19, 2011

  • ruzuzu Reesetee--do you really know Lady of Spain? Jan 18, 2011

  • sionnach Methinks wolfnotes's definition is a bit of a stretch....

    It's how protons and neutrons get along. And acids and bases too, for that matter. Nov 28, 2009

  • wolfnotes Treaty or agreement made under musical duress (Semantricks)
    Nov 28, 2009

  • kewpid n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin. Jun 1, 2008

  • reesetee How awful! And I don't even listen to the Pogues. Jan 19, 2008

  • john Oh, the Pogues. I love love love the Pogues. I had tickets to see them in their Joe Strummer-fronted incarnation, in Madrid, playing a double bill with Public Enemy, if you can believe that. But I, uh, got lost. Took the wrong train. And missed the show. That was over 15 years ago and it still make quake with grief.

    Excuse me a moment... *turns away, wiping eyes.* Jan 19, 2008

  • reesetee I thought it might have been a particularly vigorous GBS concert. ;-) Jan 19, 2008

  • chained_bear Actually, it's the Pogues.

    Great Big Sea has a very good buttonbox player but he also plays fiddle, flute, mandolin, and about fifteen other things. And he does not fling himself all over the stage. He's busy... well... playing. And singing incredible harmony. Jan 19, 2008

  • jennarenn Really??? He didn't do that when they played at Wolftrap. *miffed* Jan 19, 2008

  • reesetee SoG, say it ain't so! And jennarenn, I'm going to take a wild guess and say that chained is talking about Great Big Sea. Yes, c_b? Jan 19, 2008

  • jennarenn Oh no! What did the poor little accordion say to get you so stirred up?

    c_b, I *need* the name of that band. Jan 19, 2008

  • chained_bear That makes me sad, SoG. It means you haven't heard good accordion music. Or buttonbox... or concertina...

    Of course, I'm not known among acquaintances for enjoying subtle music... Jan 19, 2008

  • sonofgroucho God, I hate the accordion! Jan 19, 2008

  • reesetee That *is* playing accordion, c_b. That's the spirit! Lady of Spain indeed. :-) And by the way, try to pick up one of TDA's black t-shirts emblazoned with a flaming accordion (and more flames up the sleeves). It's one of my favs. Mar 6, 2007

  • reesetee No glowsticks. Not that I noticed, anyway. Oh well.... Mar 6, 2007

  • chained_bear One of my favorite bands has an accordion player. In fact the gentleman's rather famous among the fans for ruining his clothing during concerts, from sweating profusely and flinging himself all over the stage, falling onto his knees, playing while flat on his back, etc. Now *that's* playing an accordion! Mar 6, 2007

  • uselessness If your audience didn't have glowsticks, it didn't count. Mar 6, 2007

  • reesetee I've played *in* a trance. But I guess that's different. ;-) Mar 6, 2007

  • uselessness Did you ever play trance? Makes all the difference in the world. Mar 6, 2007

  • reesetee Ah, u, you know not what you say. I am a former accordionist, you see. (I've recovered.) Mar 5, 2007

  • uselessness An instrument that sounds surprisingly good in techno music. This must be experimented with more. Where are all my polkaravers? Mar 5, 2007

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