pizzicato

Noun · Adjective · Adverb

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a note or passage that is played pizzicato

Adjective (1)

  1. (of instruments in the violin family) to be plucked with the finger

Adverb (1)

  1. with a light plucking staccato sound
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Pizzicato \Piz`zi*ca"to\ [It., pinched.] (Mus.) A direction to violinists to pluck the string with the finger, instead of using the bow. (Abrev. pizz.) [1913 Webster]
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