pizzicato Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a note or passage that is played pizzicato
  2. adjective satellite (of instruments in the violin family) to be plucked with the finger
  3. adverb with a light plucking staccato sound

WordNet

Piz`zi*ca"to
Etymology
It., pinched.
Definitions
  1. (Mus.) A direction to violinists to pluck the string with the finger, instead of using the bow. (Abrev. pizz.)

Webster 1913