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plural piccolos
: a small shrill flute whose range is an octave higher than that of an ordinary flute
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Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2025
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
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Take, for example, the case of Roxanne Chalifoux, a piccolo player in the Villanova band who, in 2015, was immortalized during March Madness, when N.C.
—Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2025
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
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 2 May. 2025.
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