Bluegrass
noun
noun ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Kentucky bluegrass, Poa pratensis. countable, uncountable
- 2 A subgenre of country music with roots in Scots-Irish Appalachian folk music, blues, and jazz and characterized by banjos, fiddles, acoustic guitars, dobros, and mandolins; but containing no drums, electric guitars, pianos or other keyboard or wind instruments; using a bass fiddle to carry its rhythm. uncountable
- 3 a type of country music played at a rapid tempo on banjos and guitars wordnet
- 4 any of various grasses of the genus Poa wordnet
Example
More examples"Who's your favorite bluegrass musician?"
Etymology
Etymology 1
From blue + grass, from the bluish appearance of the massed grass in late Spring.
Etymology 2
From the band Blue Grass Boys, led by Bill Monroe; bluegrass is first attested in print in reference to the genre of music in 1956.