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percussing

percussing is the present participle and gerund 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 percussing

What is percussing the present participle and gerund of?
Percussing is the present participle and gerund of percuss.

Words near percussing in the dictionary

  1. percuss
  2. percussant
  3. percussed
  4. percusses
  5. percussible
  6. percussing
  7. percussion
  8. percussion break
  9. percussion breaks
  10. percussion bullet
  11. percussion bullets

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