PERCUSSION

Pronunciation (US):

• PERCUSSION (noun)
  The noun PERCUSSION has 4 senses:

1. the act of playing a percussion instrument
2. the act of exploding a percussion cap
3. the section of a band or orchestra that plays percussion instruments
4. tapping a part of the body for diagnostic purposes

  Familiarity information: PERCUSSION used as a noun is uncommon.

• PERCUSSION (noun)

Meaning:

The act of playing a percussion instrument

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("percussion" is a kind of...):

music (musical activity (singing or whistling etc.))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "percussion"):

drumming (the act of playing drums)

Meaning:

The act of exploding a percussion cap

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("percussion" is a kind of...):

detonation (the act of detonating an explosive)

Meaning:

The section of a band or orchestra that plays percussion instruments

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

percussion section; rhythm section; percussion

Hypernyms ("percussion" is a kind of...):

section (a division of an orchestra containing all instruments of the same class)

Meaning:

Tapping a part of the body for diagnostic purposes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

pleximetry; percussion

Hypernyms ("percussion" is a kind of...):

auscultation (listening to sounds within the body (usually with a stethoscope))