To tap sharply; especially; to practice percussion on

Množina: percussions

ETYM Latin percussio: cf. French percussion. Related to Percuss.
1. Tapping a part of the body for diagnostic purposes.
2. The act of exploding a percussion cap.
3. The act of playing drums; SYN. drumming.
In medicine, the technique of exploring the body by tapping it with the fingers or an instrument. The nature of the vibrations felt may indicate some abnormality, such as the presence of fluid in the lungs.

Množina: percussion caps

A detonator that explodes when struck.
A paper or metal container holding an explosive charge (as for a toy pistol).

Množina: percussion drills

Množina: percussion instruments

A musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another; SYN. percussive instrument.
Musical instrument played by being struck with the hand or a beater. Percussion instruments can be divided into those that can be tuned to produce a sound of definite pitch, such as the timpani, tubular bells, glockenspiel, and xylophone, and those of indefinite pitch, including bass drum, tambourine, triangle, cymbals, and castanets.
The timpano is a hemispherical bowl of metal with a membrane stretched across the rim, affixed and tuned by screwtaps; tubular bells are suspended on a frame; the glockenspiel (German “bell play”) is a small keyboard of aluminum alloy keys; the xylophone has hardwood rather than metal bars.
The snare drum is a shallow double-sided drum on the underside of which gut coils or metal springs are secured by a clamp and rattle against the underside when the drum is beaten, while the bass drum produces the lowest sound in the orchestra; the tambourine has a wooden hoop with a membrane stretched across it, and has metal discs suspended in the rim; a triangle is formed from a suspended triangular-shaped steel bar, played by striking it with a separate bar of steel—the sound produced can be clearly perceived even when played against a full orchestra; cymbals are two brass dishes struck together; castanets are two hollow shells of wood struck together; and the gong is a suspended disc of metal struck with a soft hammer.

Množina: percussion instruments

Množina: percussionists

A musician who plays percussion instruments.

Singular of percussions is percussion.

Involving percussion or featuring percussive instruments

Množina: percussors