- Types Of Speech
- You can use percussion as a noun in a sentence.
- About Percussion
- A 3 syllables noun and 10 letters with the letters c, e, i, n, o, p, r, s, and u, 6 consonants, 4 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letters us. Percussion starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters p, pe, per, perc, percu, and the ending characters are n, on, ion, sion, ssion, . Percussion is also a double consonant (ss) word. View the double consonant words list.
- Definition
- The act of exploding a percussion cap
- Origin/Roots
- Latin
- Compound Words
- A compound word, percussion has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are percuss, and ion.
- School Grade
- Percussion is set as a sat word that starts with p, ends with n, 3 syllables, 4 vowels and 10 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Percussion in Pig Latin is said as "ercussionpay or ercussionpway".
- Unigram
- p | e | r | c | u | s | s | i | o | n
- Bigram
- pe | er | rc | cu | us | ss | si | io | on
- Trigram
- per | erc | rcu | cus | uss | ssi | sio | ion
- Quadrigram
- perc | ercu | rcus | cuss | ussi | ssio | sion
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- the act of exploding a percussion cap
- the act of playing a percussion instrument
- tapping a part of the body for diagnostic purposes
- the section of a band or orchestra that plays percussion instruments
Synonym | Definition |
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Appulse | |
Attack | a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase |
Backlash | an adverse reaction to some political or social occurrence "there was a backlash of intolerance" |
Bang | a conspicuous success "that song was his first hit and marked the beginning of his career" "that new Broadway show is a real smasher" "the party went with a bang" |
Bang Up | |
Battery | an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact |
Bell | a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck |
Bells | |
Blow | forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth "he gave his nose a loud blow" "he blew out all the candles with a single puff" |
Bones | a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance |
View all cognitive synonyms for Percussion
Anagram | Definition |
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Percussion | the act of exploding a percussion cap |
Supersonic | having frequencies above those of audible sound |
View English words with the unique letters used in percussion. Words With The Letters Ceinoprsu
Word | Definition |
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Detonation | the act of detonating an explosive |
Percussion Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With P
- Ends With N
- Spelled With / Contains Letters