percuss

Meaning of percuss

verb
  1. To strike; to hit; to knock; to give a blow to
    Solid bodies, if they be very softly percussed, give no sound.
  2. To impact
    Falling on the roof of the caravan, the hailstones percussed noisily.
  3. To attempt to divine the location or other quality of something by tapping on (an overlying surface)
    The doctor percussed his chest to determine whether he had pneumonia.
  4. To attempt to divine the location or other quality of (something) by tapping on an overlying surface
    Percussing a patient's spleen is best done while he is on his back.

Information about percuss

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of percuss

per-cuss

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • percuss is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Anagrams of percuss

spruces

Words that rhyme with percuss

cuss, succuss, decuss, concuss, incuss, repercuss, discuss, overdiscuss, prediscuss, rediscuss, excuss

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