glissando Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale
  2. adverb (musical direction) in the manner of a glissando (with a rapidly executed series of notes)
    • this should be played glissando, please

WordNet

Glis*san"do noun & adjective
Etymology
As if It. = Fr. glissant sliding.
Definitions
  1. (Mus.) A gliding effect; gliding.

Webster 1913