n. A musical term that refers to either a continuous sliding one pitch to another (or "true" glissando), or an incidental scale played while moving from one melodic note to another (or "effective" glissando).
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adjective-and-noun. A gliding effect; gliding.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. In pianoforte-playing, an effect produced by running the tips of the fingers rapidly along the keys, without striking them with the fingers separately.
n. In violin-playing, a rapid slur. Also glissato, glissicando, and glissicato.
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ad. (musical direction) in the manner of a glissando (with a rapidly executed series of notes)
n. a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale
Word Usage
"The technical operation known as glissando is peculiar to the harp alone."