Staccato rhymes with:

n 1: a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work" [syn: car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar]

n 1: a male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains a soprano or alto voice

n 1: a small cave (usually with attractive features) [syn: grotto, grot]

adv 1: connecting the notes; in music; "play this legato, please" [ant: staccato] adj 1: (music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected; "a legato passage" [syn: legato, smooth] [ant: disconnected, staccato]

n 1: a game in which numbered balls are drawn at random and players cover the corresponding numbers on their cards [syn: lotto, bingo, beano, keno]

adj 1: (of tempo) moderate

n 1: a favorite saying of a sect or political group [syn: motto, slogan, catchword, shibboleth]

n 1: an offspring of a black and a white parent

adv 1: with a light plucking staccato sound adj 1: (of instruments in the violin family) to be plucked with the finger n 1: a note or passage that is played pizzicato

n 1: rice cooked with broth and sprinkled with grated cheese [syn: risotto, Italian rice]

n 1: mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable 2: native to South America; widely cultivated in many varieties [syn: tomato, love apple, tomato plant, Lycopersicon esculentum]

n 1: (music) a pulsating effect in an instrumental or vocal tone produced by slight and rapid variations in pitch

n 1: a town in southern Minnesota

n 1: a flexible tempo; not strictly on the beat

n 1: bowing in such a way that the bow bounces lightly off the strings [syn: spiccato, spiccato bowing]

n 1: a persistent but subordinate motif [syn: obbligato, obligato] 2: a part of the score that must be performed without change or omission [syn: obbligato, obligato]

n 1: a man with whom you are in love or have an intimate relationship

n 1: a musical phrase repeated over and over during a composition