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percuss

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7 lettersPronunciation /pəˈkʌs/Part of speech verbSorted ceprssuStarts with PEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. strike or tap firmly

Word origin

From Latin percussus, past participle of percutiō (“to strike, to beat”), from per (“through”) + quatiō (“to shake, to strike”).

Used in a sentence

  • Solid bodies, if they be very softly percussed, give no sound.
  • Give me thy hand Gonzalo, thou art in our favour, / For we do love to cheriſh lofty ſpirits, / Such as percuſſe the Earth, and bound / With an erected countenance to the clouds.
  • Falling on the roof of the caravan, the hailstones percussed noisily.

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