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Word: percussion (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • countable the collision of two bodies in order to produce a sound
  • countable the detonation of a percussion cap in a firearm
  • countable the sound so produced
  • medicine the tapping of the body as an aid to medical diagnosis
  • music the section of an orchestra or band containing percussion instruments; such instruments considered as a group

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