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percussed

percussed is the simple past and past participle of percuss.

Meaning of percuss

Verb

percuss (third-person singular simple present percusses, present participle percussing, simple past and past participle percussed)

  1. (transitive) To strike; to hit; to knock; to give a blow to.
    • Solid bodies, if they be very softly percussed, give no sound.
  2. (intransitive) To impact.
    • Falling on the roof of the caravan, the hailstones percussed noisily.
  3. (transitive) 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.

Questions about percussed

What is percussed the simple past and past participle of?
Percussed is the simple past and past participle of percuss.

Words near percussed in the dictionary

  1. percurrent
  2. percurrently
  3. percursory
  4. percuss
  5. percussant
  6. percussed
  7. percusses
  8. percussible
  9. percussing
  10. percussion
  11. percussion break

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