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   Piz·zi·ca·to

   /ˌpitsəˈkädō/

   

   adverb

   • 1. (often as a direction) plucking the strings of a violin or other stringed instrument with one's finger.

   adjective

   • 1. performed pizzicato: "an inspired pizzicato movement by the Philharmonic strings"

   noun

   • 1. the technique of playing pizzicato.
   • ▪ a note or passage played pizzicato.

   Word Origin Italian, literally ‘pinched, twitched’, past participle of pizzicare, based on pizza ‘point, edge’.

   Scrabble Points: 31

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