percussions
/P ER0 K AH1 SH AH0 N Z/noun
- 1
(music) The section of an orchestra or band containing percussion instruments; such instruments considered as a group; in bands, may be separate from drum kits.
- 2
(countable) The collision of two bodies in order to produce a sound.
- 3
(countable) The sound so produced.
- 4
(countable) The detonation of a percussion cap in a firearm.
- 5
(engineering) The repeated striking of an object to break or shape it, as in percussion drilling.
- 6
(medicine) The tapping of the body as an aid to medical diagnosis.
- 7
(palmistry) The outer side of the hand.
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