percuss

percuss is a 7-letter English word with 3 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To strike smartly; to strike upon or against; as, to percuss the chest in medical examination. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To strike smartly; to strike upon or against; as, to percuss the chest in medical examination.
2. intransitive verb. To strike or tap in an examination by percussion. See Percussion, 3.
3. verb. strike or tap firmly

   "the doctor percussed his chest and back"

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in percuss:

spruces

Common word forms

percussed, percusses, percussing

Words from these letters

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