percussion
[noun]
Synonyms: impact, blow, bump, clash, collision, crash, knock, smash, thump

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Related Words: percussiveness

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

per‧cus‧sion /pəˈkʌʃən $ pər-/ noun [uncountable]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: percussio 'act of hitting', from percutere 'to hit hard']

1. musical instruments such as drums, bells etc which you play by hitting them:
Tonight we have Paul Duke on percussion (=playing a percussion instrument).
a range of percussion instruments ⇒ brass(2), stringed instrument, wind instrument, woodwind

2. the percussion (section) the people in an orchestra or band who play musical instruments such as drums, bells etc

3. formal the sound or effect of two things hitting each other with great force
—percussionist noun [countable]

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

percussion
noun
ADJ. tuned, untuned
PERCUSSION + NOUN instrument | section
 ⇒ Special page at MUSIC

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲