1. The act of playing a percussion instrument 
2. The act of exploding a percussion cap 
3. The section of a band or orchestra that plays percussion instruments
   - percussion section, rhythm section 
4. Tapping a part of the body for diagnostic purposes
   - pleximetry

Derived forms: percussions

See also: percuss, percussionist, percussive

Type of: auscultation, detonation, music [archaic], section

Encyclopedia: Percussion Percussion, medical

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