percussion
noun /pəˈkʌʃn/
/pərˈkʌʃn/
- enlarge image[uncountable] musical instruments that you play by hitting them with your hand or with a stick, for example drums
- percussion instruments
- on percussion The track features Joey Langton on percussion.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- tuned
- untuned
- live
- …
- instrument
- player
- section
- …
- the percussion[singular](also percussion section [countable])the players of percussion instruments in an orchestra compare brass, string, woodwindOxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
- tuned
- untuned
- live
- …
- instrument
- player
- section
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin percussio(n-), from the verb percutere ‘to strike forcibly’, from per- ‘through’ + quatere ‘to shake, strike’.