staccato

Cantonese, with its individual characters, also forces rappers to adopt a staccato lyricism.

There are racier diaries, too—complete with a minute-by-minute staccato of one sexual fantasy after the next.

Then a silence ensued, broken at first by sporadic and staccato remarks, then becoming as dense as the silences of the night.

There came a staccato series of minor explosions—defiant gesture, thought Beardsley!

Safe enough for the time being, said Doctor Fortier, breaking in in quick, staccato tones.

The shrill staccato words of the women set the child trembling.

She stood still on the sidewalk, exploding into tiny, staccato sentences.