percuss

Meaning

Verb

to strike; to hit; to knock; to give a blow to
to impact
to attempt to divine the location or other quality of something by tapping on (an overlying surface)
to attempt to divine the location or other quality of (something) by tapping on an overlying surface

Origin

From Latin percussus, past participle of percutiō, from per + quatiō.

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