percuss
IPA: pɝkˈʌs
verb
- (transitive) to strike; to hit; to knock; to give a blow to
- (intransitive) to impact
- (transitive, chiefly medicine) to attempt to divine the location or other quality of something by tapping on (an overlying surface)
- (transitive, chiefly medicine) to attempt to divine the location or other quality of (something) by tapping on an overlying surface
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Examples of "percuss" in Sentences
- The sound of chops is sharp and percussive.
- The mallet percussion cuts off where the timpani begin.
- The remainder of the track is distant, droning percussion.
- The percussion use the cadence of a languorous belly dance.
- The percussion was the highest scoring caption for the year.
- It is the largest all brass and percussion band in the world.
- The final type of musical accompaniment is the percussion pattern.
- The rod member is releasably connected to the percussion assembly.
- Most percussion instruments are examples of this, such as the xylophone.
- The intensity of the percussion was reduced and this problem was eliminated.
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