English

Noun

pizzica ‎(uncountable)

1. (music) A popular traditional dance of Italy, originating on the Salento peninsula
   • 2007, January 19, “The New York Times”, in Pop and Rock Listings:

     With strings, accordion, flute and lots of tambourine, it pays particular attention to the pizzica, a galloping six-beat dance related to the tarantella and long used as a faith-healing cure for spider bites.

See also

• pizzicata
• pizzica on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Verb

pizzica

1. third-person singular present indicative of pizzicare
2. second-person singular imperative of pizzicare