PIZZICATO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pizzicato mean? 

• PIZZICATO (noun)
  The noun PIZZICATO has 1 sense:

1. a note or passage that is played pizzicato

  Familiarity information: PIZZICATO used as a noun is very rare.

• PIZZICATO (adjective)
  The adjective PIZZICATO has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: PIZZICATO used as an adjective is very rare.

• PIZZICATO (adverb)
  The adverb PIZZICATO has 1 sense:

1. with a light plucking staccato sound

  Familiarity information: PIZZICATO used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PIZZICATO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A note or passage that is played pizzicato

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("pizzicato" is a kind of...):

music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)

• PIZZICATO (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Similar:

plucked (of a stringed instrument; sounded with the fingers or a plectrum)

• PIZZICATO (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

With a light plucking staccato sound

Domain category:

music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)