Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun percussion

4 senses of percussion

Sense 1
percussion -- (the act of playing a percussion instrument)
       => music -- (musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest")

Sense 2
percussion -- (the act of exploding a percussion cap)
       => detonation -- (the act of detonating an explosive)

Sense 3
percussion section, percussion, rhythm section -- (the section of a band or orchestra that plays percussion instruments)
       => section -- (a division of an orchestra containing all instruments of the same class)

Sense 4
percussion, pleximetry -- (tapping a part of the body for diagnostic purposes)
       => auscultation -- (listening to sounds within the body (usually with a stethoscope))