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puccalo

puccalo noun: the highest level of human oral mouth whistling.

Noun

puccalo (uncountable)

  1. the highest level of human oral mouth whistling.
    • Different from casual whistling, puccalo is considered a musical instrument that players can master to perform many kinds of music—from classical and jazz to blues and rock.2008, Penny Estes Wheeler, Elasti-Brain

Origin of puccalo

Blend of pucker + piccolo.

Words formed from puccalo

  • puccaloist

Questions about puccalo

What does puccalo mean?
Puccalo means the highest level of human oral mouth whistling.
What part of speech is puccalo?
Puccalo is a noun.

Words near puccalo in the dictionary

  1. pucans
  2. Pucara
  3. Pucawan
  4. pucca
  5. pucca fever
  6. puccalo
  7. puccine
  8. Puccinelli
  9. Puccinellis
  10. Puccini
  11. puccinia

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