piccolo UK /ˈpɪkələʊ/US /ˈpɪkəloʊ/noun 6adjective 1forms 2 noun6 •A transverse flute that is smaller than a Western concert flute and pitched nearly an octave higher. •A bottle of champagne containing 0.1875 litres of fluid, one quarter the volume of a standard bottle. •An organ stop with the tone of a piccolo flute. •A waiter’s assistant in a hotel or restaurant.[A]s I fled I felt Laploshka's reproachful eyes watching the amount that I gave to the piccolo—out of his two francs. — 1910 •(US, Southern-US) A coin-operated gramophone; a jukebox. •(no longer used) A piccolo piano. adjective1 •Designating the highest-pitched or smallest of a family of musical instruments.There is also the Piccolo Trumpet, built in D, which can with ease attack high notes which are outside the range of the ordinary B flat instrument, as well as the rarely used Bass Trumpet. — 1945 formspiccoli · piccolos
