picchiettare

Verb

 * 1)  to tap (make a tapping sound)
 * 2)  to patter, to make a pattering or tapping sound
 * 3)  to tap out staccato notes witih the bow
 * 4)  to tap (the hull of a ship) with a small hammer to remove rust, barnacles, etc.
 * 5)  to spot, to speckle, to fleck
 * 1)  to spot, to speckle, to fleck