ACCORDION Definition & Meaning

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accordion

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noun

Music.

Also called piano accordion. a portable wind instrument having a large bellows for forcing air through small metal reeds, a keyboard for the right hand, and buttons for sounding single bass notes or chords for the left hand.
a similar instrument having single-note buttons instead of a keyboard.

adjective

having a fold or folds like the bellows of an accordion:
accordion roof; accordion panel.

verb (used without object)

(of a door, roof, or other covering) to open by folding back or pressing together in the manner of an accordion:
The roof of the car accordions to let in sunlight and fresh air.
to fold, crush together, or collapse in the manner of an accordion.

verb (used with object)

to demolish by crushing together lengthwise:
The impact accordioned the car beneath the truck.

accordion

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noun

a portable box-shaped instrument of the reed organ family, consisting of metallic reeds that are made to vibrate by air from a set of bellows controlled by the player's hands. Notes are produced by means of studlike keys
short for piano accordion

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of accordion¹

1831; < German, now spelling Akkordion, Akkordeon name under which the instrument was patented in Vienna in 1829; probably < French accord ( er ) or Italian accord ( are ) to harmonize ( accord ) + French -ion -ion, as in German Orchestrion orchestrion

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of accordion¹

C19: from German Akkordion, from Akkord harmony, chord

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After announcement of the visa cancellation, Pável Moreno, the band’s accordion player and second vocalist, said in a TikTok video that the group was “moving forward,” and thanked the group’s fans.

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“I saw the front-page article in the New York Times and was struck by a photo of the Nazis with an accordion,” Kaufman recalled.

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While perfectly decent, “A Complete Unknown” is the kind of routine rock biopic that’s begun to sound as wheezy as a junk-shop accordion.

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There was a sense of wonder watching a musical on the West End or accidentally stumbling onto the Tuileries Garden and hearing a street performer play “La Vie en Rose” on the accordion.

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There were prayers, readings, hymns and accordion playing.

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