Illustration of piccolo
plural piccolos
: a small shrill flute whose range is an octave higher than that of an ordinary flute
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Joe Rexrode, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
He’s manifested these through violin, piccolo, glockenspiel, and rumbling percussion suggestive of rolling surf, lighting strikes, and thunder.
—Guillermo Perez, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2025
In response, Threshold invited Taylor and CSO piccolo player Jennifer Gunn to its downtown offices to discuss the current Pavilion shell design and experience various simulated acoustic settings.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025
At the end, take a bow, and hold the piccolo with the index finger of your hidden hand, which should be poking out the front of your pants zipper.
—Chris Stanton, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2024
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Or a tearful Villanova piccolo player soldiering through in the wake of a loss.
—Joe Rexrode, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
He’s manifested these through violin, piccolo, glockenspiel, and rumbling percussion suggestive of rolling surf, lighting strikes, and thunder.
—Guillermo Perez, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2025
In response, Threshold invited Taylor and CSO piccolo player Jennifer Gunn to its downtown offices to discuss the current Pavilion shell design and experience various simulated acoustic settings.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2025
At the end, take a bow, and hold the piccolo with the index finger of your hidden hand, which should be poking out the front of your pants zipper.
—Chris Stanton, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2024
See All Example Sentences for piccolo
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“Piccolo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/piccolo. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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