piccata
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of piccata
< Italian: a slice of veal cooked in this manner < French piqué, past participle of piquer to lard (meat), attach (ingredients) by pricking or puncturing, literally, to prick; see pique 1, -ate 1
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The chicken piccata is great, and the people who own it are just wonderful people and so welcoming.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2025
I’m excited to get there for regular dinner service, too, not only to try the pizza, but I see the piccata with squash is on the winter menu with black cod.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 11, 2023
This chicken piccata is among the dishes our reporters and editors cooked the most this year.
From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2022
Serve your piccata with a side salad, mashed potatoes, quinoa, pasta or risotto.
From Washington Post • May 12, 2022
My father makes chicken piccata, which means the kitchen is a mess.
From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
