piccolo

UK /ˈpɪkələʊ/ US /ˈpɪkəloʊ/

noun 5adj 1name 1

Collocations

ADJ.

broken, exclusive, quick, rare, snootier

VERB + PICCOLO

can't, found, gave, hide, play, purchase

PICCOLO + NOUN

supplier, trumpet

PREP.

in, out, than

ADV.

also

Definitions

noun

A transverse flute that is smaller than a Western concert flute and pitched nearly an octave higher.

An organ stop with the tone of a piccolo flute.

A piccolo piano.

A waiter’s assistant in a hotel or restaurant.

[A]s I fled I felt Laploshka's reproachful eyes watching the amount that I gave to the piccolo—out of his two francs.

A coin-operated gramophone; a jukebox.

adj

Designating the highest-pitched or smallest of a family of musical instruments.

There is also the Piccolo Trumpet, built in D, which can with ease attack high notes which are outside the range of the ordinary B flat instrument, as well as the rarely used Bass Trumpet.

name

A surname from Italian.

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Example Bank

[A]s I fled I felt Laploshka's reproachful eyes watching the amount that I gave to the piccolo—out of his two francs.

Wiktionary

There is also the Piccolo Trumpet, built in D, which can with ease attack high notes which are outside the range of the ordinary B flat instrument, as well as the rarely used Bass Trumpet.

Wiktionary

No instrument is snootier than the piccolo trumpet.

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Tom is learning how to play the piccolo.

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Tom can't play the piccolo.

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Excuse me, I would like to purchase a piccolo.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, piccolo is marked as obsolete, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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