solo

7 definitions • 15 examples

alone; without other people:

a solo performance/flight

to sail/fly solo

go solo He used to play with a group but now he's going solo/pursuing a solo career.

In baseball, a solo home run (= a hit that sends the ball out of the playing area) is one that scores only one run (= point) because no other players from the hitter's team are standing at any of the bases (= places that players have to reach in order to score):

Baltimore scored first when Gibbons hit a solo home run.

Phillips smashed a solo shot in the third inning.

a musical performance given by one person alone, or a musical performance in which one person is given special attention:

a trumpet solo

Parker's solo on "A Night in Tunisia" was so amazing that the pianist backing him simply stopped playing.

to play a solo (= part for one person alone) in a musical performance:

She has soloed with the Philadelphia Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic.

He soloed in Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto.

to do something alone or without help, such as fly a plane or climb a mountain:

After only a week of lessons, he soloed the day after his 16th birthday.

I soloed a cliff that I shouldn't have and smashed my ankle.

alone; without other people:

She takes long, solo bike rides to relax after work.

He decided to go solo instead of touring with the band.

a musical performance done by one person or one instrument alone, or in which one person is featured:

a piano solo

a Miles Davis solo