Lexical entry
チョーキング
chookingu
A guitar technique of raising the pitch by pushing a string sideways.
Arts & EntertainmentPure GairaigoSource UncertainSource: English
Meaning
In guitar playing, this refers to bending a string sideways to raise its pitch. The Japanese form is often written as チョーキング, while the etymology is unclear from the source data.
- guitar technique
- pitch bending
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Evidence and Provenance
- Data source
- JMdict_english
- Revision
- JMdict.2026-04-17
- Review flags
- possible-wasei, donor-language-unclear, related-candidate-uncertain
- Active language
- English