Percussion

What do we mean by percussion?

The striking together of two bodies, especially when noise is produced. noun

The sound, vibration, or shock caused by the striking together of two bodies. noun

The act of detonating a percussion cap in a firearm. noun

A method of medical diagnosis in which various areas of the body, especially the chest, back, and abdomen, are tapped to determine by resonance the condition of internal organs. noun

The section of a band or orchestra composed of percussion instruments. noun

Percussion instruments or their players considered as a group. noun

The act of percussing, or the striking of one body against another with some violence; forcible collision. noun

The state of being percussed; the shock produced by the collision of bodies. noun

The impression or effect of sound on the ear. noun

In medicine: In diagnosis, the method of striking or tapping the surface of the body for the purpose of determining the condition of the organs in the region struck. It is employed chiefly in the diagnosis of diseases of the lungs, heart, and abdominal organs. noun

In therapeutics, tapping or striking in various ways with the hand or with an instrument as a therapeutic measure and a part of general massage. noun

In music, the production of a tone by a stroke or a blow, as upon any keyboard-instrument. noun

In palmistry, the outer side of the hand; the side of the hand opposite the thumb. noun

To arrange (a firearm) by fitting it with a percussion-lock, so that it may be fired by percussion.

In medicine, to treat by means of percussion massage.

The act of percussing, or striking one body against another; forcible collision, esp. such as gives a sound or report. noun

Hence: The effect of violent collision; vibratory shock; impression of sound on the ear. noun

The act of tapping or striking the surface of the body in order to learn the condition of the parts beneath by the sound emitted or the sensation imparted to the fingers. Percussion is said to be immediate if the blow is directly upon the body; if some interventing substance, as a pleximeter, is, used, it is called mediate. noun

See under Center. noun

The collision of two bodies in order to produce a sound.

The sound so produced.

The detonation of a percussion cap in a firearm.

The tapping of the body as an aid to medical diagnosis.

The section of an orchestra or band containing percussion instruments; such instruments considered as a group; in bands, may be separate from drum kits.

The repeated striking of an object to break or shape it, as in percussion drilling.

The outer side of the hand.

A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound by being struck with an implement, shaken, rubbed, scraped, or by any other action which sets the object into vibration. The term usually applies to an object used in a rhythmic context and/or with musical intent. The word, "percussion", has evolved from Latin terms: "percussio" (which translates as "to beat, strike" in the musical sense, rather than the violent action), and "percussus" (which is a noun meaning "a beating"). As a noun in contemporary English it is described at Wiktionary as "the collision of two bodies to produce a sound". The usage of the term is not unique to music but has application in medicine and weaponry, as in percussion cap, but all known and common uses of the word, "percussion", appear to share a similar lineage beginning with the original Latin: "percussus". In a musical context then, the term "percussion instruments" may have been coined originally to describe a family of instruments including drums, rattles, metal plates, or wooden blocks which musicians would beat or strike (as in a collision) to produce sound. Urban Dictionary

1) Any instrument that is played by striking or hitting. 2) A section in a band or orchestra, in which the players strike the instrument to play it. 3) Not a drummer. Urban Dictionary

Usually considered as the people in the band who can't play an instrument or read music. This group is the one that in the definition (band) usually loses their virginity first if they aren't a slob. Urban Dictionary

A group in the band played by the people without musical talent who usually just sit there and talk to each other the whole class. they are the assholes who get the conductor mad all the time. annoys the hell out of the trumpets who sit right in front of them. Urban Dictionary

A family of instruments that either use their hands, or something else to play. There are four types of Percussion instruments: Mallets: Usually the well known Xylophone, Marimba, Vibraphone, Glockenspiel/Bells. The Chimes/Tubular Bells could also be in this category. Drums: Snare Drum, Base Drum, Toms, Bongos, Congas, Gongs, Drum Kit, Brake Drum, and many more that I don't know. Auxiliary: Triangle, Shaker, Maracas, Slap Stick, Temple Blocks, Wood Blocks, Claves, Vibraslap, Crash Cymbals, Suspended Cymbal, Chains, Sleigh Bells, and many, many more. Then there is the Timpani, which is in it's own category. Despite what other people say about us, we are just as important as other instruments. We can read notes, both Treble and Base Clef. For Marimba, we can read both at the same time in a Grand Staff. Percussion is the unique section that keeps the beat most of the time. If we were the bad people who ignore and annoy the conductor, I don't think we'd exist. Some conductors are Percussionist themselves. We do not always share the same instruments. We do not just randomly hit stuff. Timpani is the only instrument we have to worry about pitch. Our Instruments have a certain spot where we have to hit. We call this the sweet spot. Urban Dictionary

Usually the section that gets a complement from other band directors, always talking, and never know where they are in the music. Urban Dictionary

A group of different instruments, usually in band, that make up background/non central noises within the piece. Urban Dictionary

A person you makes sounds to correspond to the percussion in recordings like Fever Ray Take It to the Streets Urban Dictionary

The fine art of bludgeoning an electronic device in order to encourage it to work properly. Vigorous usage of this technique often renders said device permanently nonfunctional. Urban Dictionary

A way of surviving after marching band season is over. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to percussion:
percussion, percusion, repercussion, permission, persuasion, perfusion, percussive, recussion, excussion, perpession, pertusion, percussor, percussing, percussions, percussione.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word percussion:
glockenspiel, celesta, xylophone, marimba, vibraphone, tambourine, timpani, snare, cymbal, tabla, woodwind, instruments, percussionist, ensemble, trombone, mallet, drum, harp, drums, saxophone, cello, accordion, sax, clarinet, mandolin, flute, synthesizer, harmonica, trumpet, strings, instrument, bass, drumming, backing, marching, banjo, scholastic, violin, guitar, viola, fiddle, accompaniment, brass, bells, concerto, piano, keyboard, gong, instrumentation, rhythm, sticks, quartet, tenor, orchestral, soprano, string, horns, melodic, sounds, cap, orchestra, acoustic, triangle, alto, beats, rhythmic, cartridge, chorus, caps, symphony, vocal, jazz, drummer, repertoire, organ, composer, melody, choir, electronics, trio, horn, kit, solo, bands, band, samples, arrangements, keys, instructions, conductor, sound, composition, bassist, wind, concert, electric, musical, chamber, vocalist, duo.

Words that rhyme with percussion:
discussion, repercussion, concussion, russian, prussian, priscian, fushun, white russian, panel discussion, mushin, shushan, pushan, old prussian, great russian, group discussion, lushun, rushin, blush in, brush in, byelorussia in, crush in, cush in, flush in, gush in, hush in, lush in, mush in, paintbrush in, plush in, prussia in, rush in, russia in, sagebrush in, sagebrush inn, slush in, thrush in, underbrush in.

Adjectives that are often used to describe percussion:
direct, auscultatory, indirect, light, gentle, strong, deep, heavy, careful, chest, immediate, dull, mediate, soft, hard, sharp, forcible, abdominal, manual, ordinary, simple, palpatory, bipolar, latin, tympanitic, vigorous, mechanical, superficial, slight, african, rhythmic, like, metallic, respiratory, violent, stronger, electronic, fist, topographic, cardiac, pitched, thoracic, unpitched, precordial, distinct, extra, cuban, firm, traditional, comparative, rapid, untuned, moderate, definitive, topographical, repeated, accurate, freehand, finger, sonorous, pulmonary, rotary, lateral, suprapubic, blunt, loud, spinal, lightest, vocal, hyperresonant, controlled, sharper, brazilian, live, exotic, conventional, resonant, vertical, tuned, steady, subtile, orchestral, digital.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective percussion:
injury, pistol, instruments, revolver, model, caps, drilling, drills, table, sounds, resonance, method, music, dulness, drill, tables, ensemble, sound, signs, drainage, locks, hammer, causes, guns, ensembles, bands, tones, band, technique, tbi, fuse.

Words that sound like percussion:
percussion, prussian, percussions, purgation, pression, percheron, precaution, precation, percodan, purgason, percaline, parisian, pridgen, percussing, repercussion, britian, prussia, percolation, paction, peroration, prussians, pergamon, poquoson, furcation, air cushion, arcachon, brush on, prison, permission, profession, oppression, apparition, perdition, procession, precession, perkin, parishioner, practician, permistion, pressen, prodition, passion, potion, operation, promotion, probation, persian, brushing, pathogen, precautions, predation, privation, pergola, apprecation, pronation, pincushion, paschen, proration, premotion, spiration, permeation, pervasion, passione, pushan, pin cushion, praten, aprication, plication, pyrogen, prejean, pergamum, proaction, prucha, perkasie, bergeson, perkily, prelation, prenotion, prian, pocosin, preussen, prolan, packaging, pack it in, birken, archean, berkman, horatian, archaean, berken, birchen, succussion, brauchen, burkman, wakashan, berkson, perception, partition, per centum, packeting.