/ pəˈkʌʃn; NAmE pərˈk-/ noun
1.
[ U ] musical instruments that you play by hitting them with your hand or with a stick, for example drums :
percussion instruments
The track features Joey Langton on percussion .
2.
the percussion [ sing. ] (also perˈcussion section [ C ]) the players of percussion instruments in an orchestra
—compare brass , strings , woodwind
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English : from Latin percussio(n-) , from the verb percutere to strike forcibly, from per- through + quatere to shake, strike.