Percussive (adj)
pur-kus-iv
Relating to or produced by percussion.
Mid 16th century (in the general sense ‘give a blow to’): from Latin percuss- ‘struck forcibly’, from the verb percutere, from per- ‘through’ + quatere ‘to shake, strike’.
Example sentences
“The hall was filled with percussive sounds.”
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