pizzicato
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pizzicato /ˌpɪtsɪˈkɑːtəʊ/ Music
▶adverb & adjective plucking the strings of a violin or other stringed instrument with one's finger. ▶noun (pl. pizzicatos or pizzicati /-ti/) this technique of playing.
■ a note or passage played in this way.
– origin Ital., lit. ‘pinched, twitched’, past part. of pizzicare, based on pizza ‘point, edge’.
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