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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