A stringed instrument invented during the Medieval period in which sound is produced by turning a crank connected to a rosined wheel that excites the strings, much like a violin bow. Different notes are achieved by pressing in keys to which tiny metal or wood pieces called tangents are attached that touch the melody string (or strings) and change their sounding length. These instruments usually have one or more drone strings in addition to the melody string(s) whose pitch is fixed. Often, a hurdy gurdy will possess a buzzing bridge, also known as a "dog", which supplies a rhythmic buzz every time the player sharply jerks the crank. The instrument is held on the lap with the right hand cranking the wheel and the other pressing the keys (in right-handed instruments). The hurdy gurdy sounds similar to bagpipes, but is very different in the way it produces sound. The hurdy gurdy was popular in France, among many other places in Western and Eastern Europe, and though at various points it was associated with the peasantry, it was a favorite instrument of the aristocracy in the 18th century.
by Diderot April 16, 2013
Bob:Can i get a #4 with extra sides of HURDY GURDY?
or
Francis: can i get a large cheese pizza with HURDY GURDY sprinkled on top?
or
Francis: can i get a large cheese pizza with HURDY GURDY sprinkled on top?
by Simple- May 9, 2010
The term, first coined in the early 1990s, is used to describe Excrement/Faeces/Poo/Shit/Turd or a Log, and is generally used in the North East of England (Teesside and Tyneside)
"he legged it home fast as fuck for a hurdy gurdy"
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"I was on a mad mooch and that, and I only stood in a fucking huge hurdy gurdy" didn't I"
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"I was on a mad mooch and that, and I only stood in a fucking huge hurdy gurdy" didn't I"
by Teesside TinTin November 26, 2019
A sex position where the male gets into a sexual position where he is shaped like the musical instrument the hurdy gurdy.
He used the hurdy gurdy on her.
by HURDYGRUDY April 2, 2015
Bjork: hurdy gurdy hurdy gurdy gurdy gurdy hurdy gurdy Abba?
Jacob: hurdy hurdy hurdy gurdy hurdy Ikea.
Bjork: ahh, hurdy gurdy.
Jacob: hurdy hurdy hurdy gurdy hurdy Ikea.
Bjork: ahh, hurdy gurdy.
by Flooded April 10, 2008
The hurdy-gurdy is the first stringed instrument Like an Organ grinder would use for his monkey to dance too. A hurty Gurty man is someone that stirs up the a group of people. Like a Musician can get the room jumpin.
by Hurty Gurty Man October 21, 2007
by bizzy bone March 24, 2005