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1. Family of musical instruments where sound is produced by striking one thing against another or by shaking; drums, gongs, rattles, cymbals, bells, triangle, etc.
    
2. The section of a band or orchestra that plays percussion instruments
   - percussion section, rhythm section
    
3. The striking or sound of striking of one object against another
    
4. The act of playing a percussion instrument
    
5. The act of exploding a percussion cap
    
6. Tapping a part of the body for diagnostic purposes
   - pleximetry

Derived forms: percussions

Type of: auscultation, detonation, music, section

Encyclopedia: Percussion, medical