percuss Hear it!

percuss definition

per·cuss (pər kus′)

transitive verb

to rap gently and firmly, as in medical diagnosis

Etymology: < L percussus, pp. of percutere, to strike < per-, per- + quatere, to shake: see quash

Related Forms:

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.