What does "spiccato" mean?

A manner of playing a stringed instrument such that the bow is bounced off the strings after each note.

Spiccato

Common synonyms include: spiccato bowing, a cappella, abbandono, accidental, accrescendo, adagietto.

adj, adv, noun

adj, adv, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Noun

1
A manner of playing a stringed instrument such that the bow is bounced off the strings after each note.
"Most libraries have smooth, buttery legatos and exciting, natural-sounding spiccatos."
2
bowing in such a way that the bow bounces lightly off the strings wordnet

Adjective

1
Detached; separated; with every note performed in a distinct and pointed manner.

Adverb

"Most libraries have smooth, buttery legatos and exciting, natural-sounding spiccatos."

Borrowed from Italian spiccato, past participle of spiccare (“to detach, to separate”).