Definitions
Etymologies
- From Greek μπουζούκι (bouzoúki), from Turkish bozuk. (Wiktionary)
- Modern Greek mpouzouki, probably of Turkish origin. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The musical instrument called the bouzouki originated in which country?”
“Second, the band Planxty incorporated a number of Eastern European influences into their sound, most notably modal chord structures and a Greek plucked instrument called the bouzouki, when they emerged onto the scene in the early seventies.”
“For the tour, the band added Greek-American Dmitri Mahlis, who played oud though he's better known as a bouzouki player, and Canadian tabla player Satnam Ramgotra.”
“For about the same price, a used Flatiron "bouzouki" or OM is a good choice; I've been very satisfied with my 3-K for about 25 years.”
“His Twitter account lists Tehran, Iran, as his fictional hometown and provides the following self-description: "Writer, creative director, Irish bouzouki player & supervised lunatic.”
The Huffington Post: Tom Matlack: Where Have All the Mad Men Gone?
“The Marlow series also continues to focus mainly on the tradition Papas espoused -- though Papas wasn't too particular about who or what he taught, from banjo to bouzouki.”
“From there I will add both real instruments that I can play pretty well like mandolin, lap steel, Irish bouzouki, various electric guitars, harmonica, and glockenspiel as well as virtual instruments in Logic like organ, piano, strings, and synthesizers that are played via a MIDI keyboard.”
“Mr. Urata plays guitar, bouzouki and piano, and shares trumpet duties with Mr. King.”
“They are multi-instrumentalists who can switch to ballads and laments, adding in bagpipes, bouzouki, flutes, wailingTurkish horns, blues harp or even a twanging, virtuoso duet on duelling mouth harps.”
The Guardian: Muzsikás featuring Márta Sebestyén: Fly Bird, Fly – review
“A surround-sound childhood of traditional Greek music led Stelios to the bouzouki at the age of 8.”
The Huffington Post: Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin: Dog Ears Music: Volume 202
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘bouzouki’.
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mstuckings's Words
defenestrate, lacklustre, vulgarise, simplistic, generative, astonished, elated, strident, aliquot, deliquescent, pipette, subjunctive and 104 more...
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Zing Went the Strings
lute, guitar, mandolin, violin, banjo, balalaika, sitar, pipa, autoharp, zither, kantele, guqin and 329 more...
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Another day, a whole nother list
rump, spot on, flank, outflank, rank, bedeck, leafhopper, apocope, academic, set-to, point of no return, cloy and 210 more...
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Time Out New York
words looked up while copyediting for this magazine
tonsorial, nudnick, doyenne, lothario, ebon, compere, cloaca, carom, evince, jocosity, profligacy, favela and 110 more...
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My all time favourites
filigree, bouzouki, rambunctious, grotesque, eleemosynary, couthy, jonquil, spokeshave, imp, cushy, banjo, loupe and 17 more...
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redchuck's Words
diagetic, melungeon, palimpsest, y'all, fandango, corpuscule, dibble, bedouin, flanger, antediluvian, camphor, nadir and 69 more...
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string alongs (and shorts too)
string instruments and instrumentation
zither, guitar, bouzouki, rebec, violin, cithara, fiddle, fidicinal, twang, fret, gadulka, maqui and 54 more...
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fun things
defenestrate, smorgasbord, bodacious, internecine, surfeit, ecumenical, insouciance, oscillate, scintillate, puce, castrophony, semiautomagic and 54 more...
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Gesundheit!
If you say it juuust so, it sounds like a sneeze.
focaccia, spatula, facetious, hooey, kudzu, syzygy, bivouac, brouhaha, flummox, banshee, bugaboo, chin-up and 68 more...
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Python, Monty
aubergine, grunties, wankel rotary engine, cuba libre, bouzouki, peckish, kip, shrubber, purulent, comestibles
Tweets
Looking for tweets for bouzouki.

slumry Oh, you are just like an elevator, u. ;-) Jul 17, 2007
reesetee Damn, u, you are good. Almost...supernaturally good, I'd say.... Jul 17, 2007
uselessness For the record, I jumped straight from 665 to 667. I'm just that good. Jul 17, 2007
reesetee Whew! Close one. *wipes flop sweat off face* Jul 17, 2007
slumry No harm--you are safely off that string of 6s ;-) Jul 17, 2007
reesetee Excellent! Thanks. But it'll be 6668--already added ektar.
And where were you guys when we all passed our 666th word, anyhow? ;-) Jul 17, 2007
slumry Quickly, R, add bouzouki to your Zing list! Break the curse! Jul 17, 2007