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concuss

/kənˈkʌs/

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Northern England/kənˈkʊs/

concuss verb: to injure the brain of, usually temporarily, by violent impact.

Verb

concuss (third-person singular simple present concusses, present participle concussing, simple past and past participle concussed)

  1. (transitive) To injure the brain of, usually temporarily, by violent impact.
    • The blow will concuss him.
  2. To force to do something, or give up something, by intimidation; to coerce.
    • The opposite principle , or rather the opposite practice of intrusion , is the reverse of this : it consists in concussing the Presbytery to ordain , and in concussing the people to receive.1840, James Buchanan, The Scriptural Argument for Non-Intrusion Considered

concuss meaning in Urdu

concuss in Urdu

جھنجھوڑنا, صدمہ پہنچانا

Forms of concuss

third-person singular presentconcusses
present participleconcussing
past participleconcussed
pastconcussed

Origin of concuss

From Latin concussus, the perfect passive participle of concutiō (“shake violently”), from con- + quatiō (“shake, hit”).

Words formed from concuss

Words that rhyme with concuss

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Questions about concuss

What does concuss mean?
Concuss means to injure the brain of, usually temporarily, by violent impact.
What is concuss in Urdu?
Concuss in Urdu is جھنجھوڑنا, صدمہ پہنچانا. See Concuss meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is concuss?
Concuss is a verb.
How do you pronounce concuss?
Concuss is pronounced /kənˈkʌs/ (UK).
What is the past tense of concuss?
The past tense of concuss is concussed.

Words near concuss in the dictionary

  1. concurs
  2. concursion
  3. concursions
  4. concursus
  5. concurvity
  6. concuss
  7. concussed
  8. concusses
  9. concussing
  10. concussion
  11. concussion fuse

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Adapted from Wiktionary: concuss (page history and authors); concuss (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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