percussion

Meanings

Plural: percussions

Noun

• the act of playing a percussion instrument
• the act of exploding a percussion cap
• the section of a band or orchestra that plays percussion instruments
• tapping a part of the body for diagnostic purposes
• The collision of two bodies in order to produce a sound.
• The sound so produced.
• The detonation of a percussion cap in a firearm.
• The tapping of the body as an aid to medical diagnosis.
• The section of an orchestra or band containing percussion instruments; such instruments considered as a group; in bands, may be separate from drum kits.
• The repeated striking of an object to break or shape it, as in percussion drilling.
• The outer side of the hand.

Synonyms

percussion section, pleximetry, rhythm section

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