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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
pizzicato
adj : (of instruments in the violin family) to be plucked with the
finger
adv : with a light plucking staccato sound
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
72 Moby Thesaurus words for "pizzicato":
a cappella, abbandono, accrescendo, adagietto, adagio, affettuoso,
agilmente, agitato, allegretto, allegro, amabile, amoroso, andante,
andantino, appassionatamente, appassionato, brillante, cantando,
capriccioso, con affetto, con agilita, con agitazione, con amore,
crescendo, decrescendo, demilegato, diminuendo, dolce, execution,
expression, fingering, forte, fortissimo, glissando, intonation,
lamentabile, larghetto, larghissimo, largo, legato, leggiero,
marcando, mezzo staccato, morendo, music-making, parlando,
performance, pianism, pianissimo, piano, prestissimo, presto,
rallentando, rendering, rendition, repercussion, ritardando,
ritenuto, rubato, scherzando, scherzo, scherzoso, slur, sordo,
sotto voce, spiccato, staccato, stretto, touch, tremolando,
tremoloso, trillando
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