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What (who) is ukelele - definition

MEMBER OF THE GUITAR FAMILY
Ukelele; 'ukulele; `ukulele; ʻUkulele; ʻukulele; Ukalele; Jumping flea; `Ukulele; Tenor ukulele; My dog has fleas; Soprano ukulele; Concert ukulele; Baritone ukulele; U-Bass; Ukulele bass; Ukuleles; Taropatch; Taropatches; Bass ukulele; Alto ukulele
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  • A modern red ukulele
  • 1916 cartoon by [[Louis M. Glackens]] satirizing the contemporary ukulele craze.
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  • Ukuleles in a music store
  • A view of the soundhole and label of a ukulele made by Louis Viohl & Sons in Flushing, Queens, New York sometime in the 1920s: Albert Louis Viohl emigrated to the U.S. in the 1860s and started the Empire workshop in 1883, where he made various stringed musical instruments, including guitars and mandolins. Both of his sons joined the family business, and in 1902, Louis, Jr., took over running it (August was the other son), and added ukuleles to the catalogue in the late 1910s to the 1920s.

ukelele         
ukulele         
also ukelele (ukuleles)
A ukulele is a small guitar with four strings.
N-COUNT
ukulele         
[?ju:k?'le?li]
¦ noun a small four-stringed guitar of Hawaiian origin.
Origin
C19: from Hawaiian, lit. 'jumping flea'.

Wikipedia

Ukulele

The ukulele ( YOO-kə-LAY-lee; from Hawaiian: ʻukulele [ˈʔukuˈlɛlɛ], approximately OO-koo-LEH-leh), also called a uke, is a member of the lute family of instruments of Portuguese origin and popularized in Hawaii. It generally employs four nylon strings.

The tone and volume of the instrument vary with size and construction. Ukuleles commonly come in four sizes: soprano, concert, tenor, and baritone.

Examples of use of ukelele
1. He headlined the Scala at Halloween and was breathtaking, constantly moving from piano to ukelele to viola.
2. The young multitalented entertainer pictured here – playing an accordion and a banjo – the year he left home aged 14, to tour Britain in his first show, ‘The Boy Bruce – The Mighty Atom‘ The multitalented Forsyth could turn his hand to singing, dancing and comedy, and could play the piano, ukelele, accordion and banjo with equal prowess.