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pianist, n. piano virtuoso, piano player, keyboard artist, SI. ivory tickler or thumper, accompanist; Fr. pianiste, It. pianista; musician, artist, concert artist, virtuoso. piano, n. pianoforte, grand piano, grand, baby grand, concert grand; Trademark. Steinway; spinet, square piano, upright, SI. box, player piano, Trademark. Pianola; harpsichord, clavicembalo, cembalo, clavichord, virginal, clavicylinder, clavicytherium, celesta, dulcimer, hammered dulcimer, kalimba, clavier, SI. eighty-eight or 88, ivories, Inf. keyboard. piazza, n. 1. square, open square, plaza, place, mall, circle; marketplace, arcade, rialto, forum, agora. 2. veranda, porch, patio, breezeway, areaway, pergola, arbor; loggia, gallery, colonnade, peristyle, portico. picaresque, adj. roguish, rascally, scampish, rakish, raffish, arch; roistering, roisterous, romping, waggish, prankish, sportive, Inf. full of the devil or Old Nick; madcap, mischief-loving; swashbuckling, adventurous, adventuresome, venturesome, bold, enterprising, foolhardy, audacious, daring, daredevil, game, Inf. game for anything. picaroon, n. 1. rogue, rascal, rapscallion, devil, mischief-maker, scamp, Inf scalawag; scoundrel, villain, knave, blackguard, miscreant, reprobate, black sheep, good-for-nothing, prodigal, Inf rip; caitiff, rotter, felon, ruffian, riffraff, recreant, snake in the grass, criminal, sharper, cheat, shyster; adventurer, soldier of fortune, renegade, ne'er-do-well.
2. thief, bandit, brigand, highwayman, Zorro, Scarlet Pimpernel, footpad, road agent, SI. yegg or yegg-man, Sp. bandolero, Southwest U.S. ladrone, SI. ban-ditto, Robin Hood, Australian, bushranger; pillager, plunderer, marauder, despoiler, looter, raider, robber; outlaw, mafioso, thug, hoodlum, SI. hood, Australian SI. larrikin, desperado.
3. pirate, sea dog, sea wolf, corsair, buccaneer, privateer, freebooter, sea rover, sea robber; Captain Kidd, Blackbeard, Long John Silver. picayune, adj. 1. • trivial, trifling, paltry, beggarly, petty, niggling; small, minor, puny, dinky, piddling, Inf. rinky-dink; small-time, one-horse, bush, SI. two-bit, Inf. penny-ante, lightweight, SI. small-potatoes, small fry, SI. mickey-mouse; insignificant, unimportant, of little or no import, negligible, nugatory, inconsiderable, inconsequential, insubstantial, unsubstantial; inane, silly, foolish, pointless, Inf. dumb, idiotic; of minor importance, nothing great, no great shakes, Inf no big deal, nothing to write home about, Inf. nothing to get excited or worked up about, of no account.
2. mean, inferior, scarce, scanty, scant, sparse, exiguous; poor, inadequate, insufficient, not enough, too little; bare, slight, skimpy, scrimpy, poky, pathetic, Inf. measly, Inf. chintzy, low, ordinary, average, mediocre, undistinguished, nominal, minute, negligible; short, shy, meanly small, mere, very little, slender, narrow. pick1, v. 1. choose, select, handpick, pick out, single out; decide upon, determine upon, settle upon, fix upon; make up one's mind, make one's choice, make a selection, opt, opt for; sift, sift out, sieve out, screen, screen out, sort, sort out, separate the sheep from the goats, separate the wheat from the chaff; show preference, prefer, favor; discriminate, distinguish, differentiate; choose sides, accept, embrace, espouse, affiliate, Inf. make one's bed; elect, vote in, place in office; adopt, approve, ratify, nominate, name, designate.
2. gather, harvest, collect, garner, reap, mow, cut; pluck, take in, bring in, hay; cull, glean, winnow.
3. pry open, prize open, crack, break into, jimmy, force; break open, open, tap, broach.
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