'Glissando' definitions:
Definition of 'glissando'
From: WordNet
adverb
(musical direction) in the manner of a glissando (with a rapidly executed series of notes); "this should be played glissando, please"
noun
A rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale
Definition of 'Glissando'
From: GCIDE
- Glissando \Glis*san"do\, n. & a. [As if It. = Fr. glissant sliding.] (Mus.) A gliding effect; gliding. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'glissando'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- avalanche,
- cantando,
- coast,
- demilegato,
- execution,
- expression,
- fingering,
- glide,
- glissade,
- intonation,
- landslide,
- landslip,
- legato,
- mezzo staccato,
- music-making,
- parlando,
- performance,
- pianism,
- pizzicato,
- rendering,
- rendition,
- repercussion,
- rubato,
- sideslip,
- skid,
- slide,
- slip,
- slippage,
- slither,
- slur,
- snowslide,
- snowslip,
- spiccato,
- staccato,
- subsidence,
- touch