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PERCUSSIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does percussive mean?
• PERCUSSIVE (adjective)
The adjective PERCUSSIVE has 1 sense:
1. involving percussion or featuring percussive instruments
Familiarity information: PERCUSSIVE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Involving percussion or featuring percussive instruments
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
percussive music
Pertainym:
percussion (the act of playing a percussion instrument)
Derivation:
percuss (strike or tap firmly)
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