Percussion

Noun

 * 1)  the collision of two bodies in order to produce a sound
 * 2)  the sound so produced
 * 3)  the detonation of a percussion cap in a firearm
 * 4)  the tapping of the body as an aid to medical diagnosis
 * 5)  the section of an orchestra or band containing percussion instruments; such instruments considered as a group
 * 6)  the repeated striking of an object to break or shape it, as in percussion drilling

Thesaurus
appulse, battery, bells, bones, brunt, bulldozing, bulling, bump, cannon, carambole, carom, castanets, celesta, chime, chimes, clappers, clash, collision, concussion, crack-up, crash, crash cymbal, crump, crunch, cymbals, encounter, finger cymbals, gamelan, glockenspiel, gong, hammering, handbells, idiophone, impact, impingement, jar, jolt, lyra, maraca, marimba, mauling, meeting, metallophone, onslaught, orchestral bells, percussion instrument, percussions, percussive, ramming, rattle, rattlebones, repercussion, shock, sideswipe, sizzler, sledgehammering, smash, smash-up, smashing, snappers, tam-tam, thrusting, tintinnabula, tonitruone, triangle, tubular bells, vibes, vibraphone, whomp, xylophone

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 擊發, 击发


 * Finnish: lyönti
 * Icelandic: samsláttur, sláttur , barningur


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 擊發的聲音, 击发的声音 (jīfā de shēngyīn)


 * Finnish: lyöntiääni


 * Finnish: koputtelu


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 打擊樂器, 打击乐器


 * Finnish: lyömäsoittimet
 * Icelandic:


 * Finnish: tärytys

Anagrams

 * croupiness
 * supersonic