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picchiettàre (first-person singular present picchiétto, first-person singular past historic picchiettài, past participle picchiettàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to tap (make a tapping sound) [auxiliary avere]
  2. (intransitive) to patter, to make a pattering or tapping sound (of rain, etc.) [auxiliary avere]
  3. (intransitive, music, uncommon) to tap out staccato notes witih the bow [auxiliary avere]
    Synonym: picchettare
  4. (transitive, nautical) to tap (the hull of a ship) with a small hammer to remove rust, barnacles, etc.
  5. (transitive) to spot, to speckle, to fleck

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