Percussion: alternatives and connections

In a deliberate body, to receive in acquittance of a duty imposed; as, to accept the report of a committee. [This makes it the propert…

the acoustic phenomenon that gives sound a penetrating quality; "our ukuleles have been designed to have superior sound and projection…

A sound consisting of, or characterized by, a breath like the sound of h; the breathing h or a character representing such a sound; an…

An injury to the flesh of animals, or to plants, fruit, etc., with a blunt or heavy instrument, or by collision with some other body;…

An extravagant or absurd report or story; a fabricated sensational report or statement; esp. one set afloat in the newspapers to hoax…

To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other.

To make a sudden, sharp noise, or a succesion of such noises, as by striking an object, or by collision of parts; to rattle; to click.

A sharp, brief, ringing sound, made by a collision of metallic or other sonorous bodies; -- usually expressing a duller or less resoun…

A loud noise resulting from collision; a noisy collision of bodies; a collision.

A rattling noise, esp. that made by the collision of hard bodies; also, any loud, abrupt sound; a repetition of abrupt sounds.

A slight, sharp, tinkling sound, made by the collision of sonorous bodies.

The act of striking together; a striking together, as of two hard bodies; a violent meeting, as of railroad trains; a clashing.

A striking or dashing together; violent collision; as, a conflict of elements or waves.

A sharp, sudden sound or report; the sound of anything suddenly burst or broken; as, the crack of a falling house; the crack of thunde…

Violent striking together of two bodies; collision; crash.

That which gives out a grave or monotonous tone or dull sound; as: (a) A drum. [Obs.] Halliwell. (b) The part of the bagpipe containin…

Fluent, forcible, elegant, and persuasive speech in public; the power of expressing strong emotions in striking and appropriate langua…

Striking the sense; attracting special attention; impressive; forcible.