piccolo

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She also used this masterful reasoning to determine (wrongly) that the piccolo is a member of the percussion family.

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  1. noun A small flute pitched an octave above a regular flute.
  2. adjective Of, relating to, or being a musical instrument considerably smaller than the usual size: a piccolo trumpet; a piccolo concertina.

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  • “How do you do,” she was saying, in a voice like a piccolo blowing soapsuds. —  SON OF A WITCH
  • Here's a sandwich of epic proportions made from leftovers of high and low culture: PDQ Bach playing Mahler on piccolo, tongue firmly in cheek, Karl Marx as contestant on "Let's Make a Deal." —  F ;SF; - vol 103 issue 03 - September 2002
  • Then Brix with his piccolo-flute played the piano-and- violin (or flute) arrangement of the Favorita Overture I had just completed, while I accompanied him on the piano. —  My Life, Volume I
  • There is an infectious dynamism to "Excellence of Being" (Part 2), which features Underwood's flute and piccolo, his tone vibrant as he twists and swirls through this baião written in the style of Hermeto Pascoal. —  Home
  • She also used this masterful reasoning to determine (wrongly) that the piccolo is a member of the percussion family. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
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  1. French, from Italian, short for (flauto) piccolo, small (flute).
  2. Italian, small.

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  1. from Italian piccolo, small; cf. Spanish pequeño = Portuguese pequeño, small (see piccaninny).
 

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/ˈpɪkəloʊ/
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