percussive.

Relating to or resembling sound produced by impacts.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• percussive rhythm
• percussive sound

On the page

A percussive rhythm traveled through the pipes.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Normally non-gradable; no ordinary comparative or superlative. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description. Commonness: moderately common.