A snap pizzicato, first specified by Gustav Mahler, but often called a Bartók pizzicato since Béla Bartók was the first to use the technique extensively, requires the player to pull the string away from the fingerboard so that when it is released it rebounds with force onto the fingerboard, yielding a sharp, percussive snapping sound. Examples can be found in Bartók 's 44 Duos (No. 42, Arabian Song) and Solo Sonata for violin...
a sharp sound made with the fingers or a type of pizz
snap pizzicato