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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":
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     crescendo, decrescendo, demilegato, diminuendo, dolce, execution,
     expression, fingering, forte, fortissimo, glissando, intonation,
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     sotto voce, spiccato, staccato, stretto, touch, tremolando,
     tremoloso, trillando
  
  

















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