[spi-kah-toh; It. speek-kah-taw] 
| (of violin music) performed with short, abrupt, rebounding motions of the bow. |
| spic·ca·to (spĭ-kä'tō) n. pl. spic·ca·tos A technique of bowing in which the bow is made to bounce slightly from the string. adj. Of or employing spiccato. [Italian, past participle of spiccare, to separate : s-, from; see sfumato + piccare, to pierce, impale (from Vulgar Latin *piccāre; see pick1).] |
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