the beating or striking of a musical instrument
(used before a noun) denoting a musical instrument played by beating or striking
percussion instruments that form a section of a band or orchestra
the striking of sound on the ear
in medicine, the tapping of the surface of the body to determine, from the sound produced, the condition of the parts beneath
percussive /pəʹkusiv/ adj
percussively adv
percussiveness noun
[Latin percussion-, percussio, from percutere to beat, from per- + quatere to shake]