staccato
shortened and detached when played or sung: staccato notes.
characterized by performance in which the notes are abruptly disconnected: a staccato style of playing.: Compare legato.
composed of or characterized by abruptly disconnected elements; disjointed: rapid-fire, staccato speech.
in a staccato manner.
performance in a staccato manner.
a staccato passage.
Origin of staccato
1Words Nearby staccato
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How to use staccato in a sentence
Her staccato commentary intercut with squealing tires, Jones flung her virtual car around the virtual track at 120 miles per hour—then 140, 150—chasing the fastest Gran Turismo driver in the world.
The Download: how a racing AI won, and taking on biotech’s big challenges | Charlotte Jee | July 19, 2022 | MIT Technology ReviewHowever, Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan’s sultry vocals and staccato keys on “Come Undone” are smooth and clear when Music mode is triggered.
The best budget Bluetooth speakers to drop the bass without dropping much cash | Carsen Joenk | February 4, 2022 | Popular-ScienceI scrolled back to the beginning of the song so I could listen more closely, only now, the staccato ring-ding was materializing in different places.
This new Grouper album, ‘Shade,’ is life-affirming in ways you might not remember | Chris Richards | October 25, 2021 | Washington PostOne reason these numbers have been climbing, Grandjean suspects, is the means by which the news is increasingly delivered these days, for instance, in staccato alerts via social media.
Cantonese, with its individual characters, also forces rappers to adopt a staccato lyricism.
There are racier diaries, too—complete with a minute-by-minute staccato of one sexual fantasy after the next.
The Sex Diaries Project: What 1,500 Bedroom Diaries Can Teach Us About Sex | Jessica Bennett | January 27, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThen a silence ensued, broken at first by sporadic and staccato remarks, then becoming as dense as the silences of the night.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonThere came a staccato series of minor explosions—defiant gesture, thought Beardsley!
We're Friends, Now | Henry HasseSafe enough for the time being, said Doctor Fortier, breaking in in quick, staccato tones.
The Woman Gives | Owen JohnsonThe shrill staccato words of the women set the child trembling.
Patchwork | Anna Balmer MyersShe stood still on the sidewalk, exploding into tiny, staccato sentences.
Jane Journeys On | Ruth Comfort Mitchell
British Dictionary definitions for staccato
/ (stəˈkɑːtəʊ) /
music (of notes) short, clipped, and separate
characterized by short abrupt sounds, as in speech: a staccato command
(esp used as a musical direction) in a staccato manner
Origin of staccato
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Cultural definitions for staccato
[ (stuh-kah-toh) ]
A direction in music meaning that the notes should be performed in an abrupt, sharp, clear-cut manner.
Notes for staccato
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