What are some opposite words for percussion?
Antonyms for percussion
pərˈkʌʃ ənper·cus·sion
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term percussion.
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percussion
Antonyms:
graze, touch, recoil, rebound, repercussion, reverberation
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Princeton's WordNet
percussionnoun
the act of playing a percussion instrument
Synonyms:
rhythm section, percussion section, pleximetrypercussionnoun
the act of exploding a percussion cap
Synonyms:
rhythm section, percussion section, pleximetrypercussion section, percussion, rhythm sectionnoun
the section of a band or orchestra that plays percussion instruments
Synonyms:
rhythm section, percussion section, pleximetrypercussion, pleximetrynoun
tapping a part of the body for diagnostic purposes
Synonyms:
rhythm section, percussion section, pleximetry
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
percussion
Synonyms:
Tapotement
How to use percussion in a sentence?
Typically, if a hippo is going to be attacking, you’ll see it coming way before. There will be that bow wave. … If you slap the water, the percussion 99.9 times out of 100 will turn the hippo, if you’re in a canoe and a hippo knocks you in the water, get away from the canoe. The hippo is going for this big shape, getting it off its territory.
It's a truly miraculous sound they create ... There's a whole choir, there's strings, there's soloists, there's amazing percussion. It's a really dynamic and joyous sound, we're so used to seeing Syria through the prism of news, which is entirely a negative thing. This concert will give a completely different perspective.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2192 | touch | |
#9429 | rebound | |
#10881 | percussion | |
#31728 | recoil | |
#47400 | graze | |
#74626 | reverberation | |
#144931 | repercussion |
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