The word spiccato comes from an Italian verb which means "to separate".    From Wordnik.com.  [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference

Before the mid-1700s, the terms spiccato and staccato where used interchangably to mean notes that where separated.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference

And now we're going to hear what's called the spiccato bowing.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Importance of the Bow] Reference

Though her bow-arm is fluent, she doesn't produce a natural, biting spiccato stroke, and she will sometimes push the vibrato on climactic notes rather than let the phrase bloom as an organic whole.    From Wordnik.com.  [Violinist Chee-Yun plays lovely Bach, Messiaen, Saint-Saens at Kennedy Center] Reference

He readied himself and then poured his heart into playing that tune -- he worked it around, swished it a few times, tried some variations, caught the fever, and finished off with a fast spiccato variation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Violists] Reference

"You actually need to shift in places from a spiccato to a d'tach-," Bodine rapidly talking a Corporate Wife of some sort across the room toward the free-lunch table piled with lobster hors d'oeuvres and capon sandwiches - "less bow, higher up you understand, soften it-then there's also about a thousand ppp-to-fff blasts, but only the one, the notorious One, going the other way. ...".    From Wordnik.com.  [Gravity's Rainbow]

Using spiccato technique allows for a passage of distinct notes that are clearly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference

The fast staccato and spiccato passages possess a nervous luster that quite impels us forward.    From Wordnik.com.  [Audiophile Audition Headlines] Reference

After the mid-1700s, the spiccato technique of bouncing the bow on the strings developed, and has been used since, especially in the 20th century.    From Wordnik.com.  [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference

The second movement, accompanied by cream light from the sconces and the fresh smells of grass and lake, was violent with pizzicato that slapped the fingerboard and spiccato that scratched the strings.    From Wordnik.com.  [The News Tribune Blogs] Reference

A story in the Chinese-language Ming Sheng Bao on April 2, 2001, reported that after playing spiccato - bowing the strings in such a way that it bounces lightly off the strings - on one of Chiao's violins, Lin said he believed such a high-quality violin would retain its sound quality for more than 200 years.    From Wordnik.com.  [Taipei Times] Reference

A crescendo over two bars (increase bow speed) and a transition from legato to spiccato.    From Wordnik.com.  [Violinist.com] Reference

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Your staccato and spiccato are wonderful.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fifth String] Reference

02 - Concerto No. 1 in D Major RV549 II Largo e spiccato.    From Wordnik.com.  [AvaxHome RSS:] Reference

04 - Concerto No. 2 in D Minor RV578 Ia Adagio e spiccato.    From Wordnik.com.  [AvaxHome RSS:] Reference

The following articulations are included: various sustains, staccato, marcato, spiccato, martelle ', pizzicato, sautille, portamento, ricochet, col legno, tremolo, trills (at various interval), and harmonics.    From Wordnik.com.  [KVR News: Top Stories] Reference