percuss.
To strike; to hit; to knock; to give a blow to.
Meaning & usage
To strike; to hit; to knock; to give a blow to.
Solid bodies, if they be very softly percussed, give no sound.
To impact.
Falling on the roof of the caravan, the hailstones percussed noisily.
To attempt to pinpoint the location or other quality of something by tapping on an overlying surface.
The doctor percussed his chest to determine whether he had pneumonia.
Percussing a patient's spleen is best done while he is on his back.
Where this word comes from
From Latin percussus, past participle of percutiō (“to strike, to beat”), from per (“through”) + quatiō (“to shake, to strike”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.