percussive

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   involving percussion or featuring percussive instruments

   “percussive music”

Questions about percussive

What does percussive mean?

percussive means "involving percussion or featuring percussive instruments".

How many syllables are in percussive?

percussive has 3 syllables: per-cus-sive. The stress falls on "cus". In IPA it is /pɚˈkʌsəv/.

Is percussive a common word?

percussive is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.