glissando.

A slide between pitches, often through a rapid succession of intervening tones.

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Words that belong together

• rising glissando
• harp glissando

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A rising glissando swept beneath the singer's final word.

The harp glissando glittered through the stillness of the hall.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Singular glissando; plural glissandos or glissandi. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.