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Pizzicato

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Noun

1. pizzicato

a note or passage that is played pizzicato

Adjective

2. pizzicato

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

Adverb

3. pizzicato

with a light plucking staccato sound

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Pizzicato

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adjective, adverb
1. 
(in music for the violin family) to be plucked with the finger
noun
2. 
the style or technique of playing a normally bowed stringed instrument in this manner

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Pizzicato

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adjective
1. 
plucked
a note to performers on stringed instruments to pluck the strings with the finger instead of bowing
adverb
2. 
in a pizzicato manner
nounWord forms: plural ˌpizziˈcati (ˌpɪtsəˈkɑti ; pitˌsəkätˈē; It, ˌpittsiˈkɑti ; pētˌtsēkäˈtē)
3. 
a note or passage played in this way

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Pizzicato

see synonyms of pizzicato
adj. Abbr. pizz.
Played by plucking rather than bowing the strings.
n. pl. piz·zi·ca·ti (-tē)
A pizzicato note or passage.

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