solo
IPA: sˈoʊɫoʊ
noun
- (music) A piece of music for one performer.
- A job or performance done by one person alone.
- (games) A card game similar to whist in which each player plays against the others in turn without a partner
- A single shot of espresso.
- (Gaelic football) An instance of soloing the football.
- A surname
verb
- (music) To perform a solo.
- To perform something in the absence of anyone else.
- (Gaelic football) To drop the ball and then toe-kick it upward into the hands.
- (slang) To independently perform an action, especially a challenging task.
adjective
- Without a companion or instructor.
- (music) Of, or relating to, a musical solo.
adverb
- Alone, without a companion.
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Examples of "solo" in Sentences
- I added to the end of the solo section.
- He began to tour, including a solo jaunt.
- The official winner is the one in the Solo.
- The aria is introduced by a somber clarinet solo.
- The end of the song features a trumpet solo as cadenza.
- The camera then switches to the band playing for the solo.
- Following the split, the solo careers of the artists struggled.
- The first section of the piece begins with a solo in the clarinet.
- He has continued as a solo artist and as founder of Homespun Tapes.
- Leslie Reed performed her ornate oboe solos and intricate melodies with an attractive, plangent tone and smooth cantilena.
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