concuss | (verb) injure the brain; sustain a concussion | - |
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(verb) shake violently | - |
concussion | (noun) injury to the brain caused by a blow; usually resulting in loss of consciousness | - |
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(noun) any violent blow | - |
cuss | (noun) profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger | Synonyms: curse, curse word, expletive, oath, swearing, swearword |
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(noun) a persistently annoying person | Synonyms: blighter, gadfly, pest, pesterer |
(noun) a boy or man | Synonyms: blighter, bloke, chap, fella, feller, fellow, gent, lad |
(verb) utter obscenities or profanities | Synonyms: blaspheme, curse, imprecate, swear |
cussed | (adjective) stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing | Synonyms: obdurate, obstinate, unrepentant |
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cussedly | (adverb) in a stubborn unregenerate manner | Synonyms: mulishly, obdurately, obstinately, pig-headedly, stubbornly |
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cussedness | (noun) meanspirited disagreeable contrariness | Synonyms: orneriness |
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decussate | (adjective) crossed or intersected in the form of an X | Synonyms: intersectant, intersecting |
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(verb) cross or intersect so as to form a cross | - |
decussation | (noun) an intersection or crossing of two tracts in the form of the letter X | Synonyms: chiasm, chiasma |
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discuss | (verb) speak with others about (something); talk (something) over in detail; have a discussion | Synonyms: hash out, talk over |
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(verb) to consider or examine in speech or writing | Synonyms: discourse, talk about |
discussant | (noun) a participant in a formal discussion | - |
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discussion | (noun) an exchange of views on some topic | Synonyms: give-and-take, word |
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(noun) an extended communication (often interactive) dealing with some particular topic | Synonyms: discourse, treatment |
focussed | (adjective) being in focus or brought into focus | Synonyms: focused |
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(adjective) (of light rays) converging on a point | Synonyms: focused |
focussing | (noun) the concentration of attention or energy on something | Synonyms: centering, centring, direction, focal point, focus, focusing |
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percuss | (verb) strike or tap firmly | - |
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percussion | (noun) the act of exploding a percussion cap | - |
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(noun) the act of playing a percussion instrument | - |
(noun) tapping a part of the body for diagnostic purposes | Synonyms: pleximetry |
(noun) the section of a band or orchestra that plays percussion instruments | Synonyms: percussion section, rhythm section |
percussionist | (noun) a musician who plays percussion instruments | - |
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percussive | (adjective) involving percussion or featuring percussive instruments | - |
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percussor | (noun) (medicine) a small hammer with a rubber head used in percussive examinations of the chest and in testing reflexes | Synonyms: plessor, plexor |
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repercuss | (verb) cause repercussions; have an unwanted effect | - |
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repercussion | (noun) a movement back from an impact | Synonyms: backlash, rebound, recoil |
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(noun) a remote or indirect consequence of some action | Synonyms: reverberation |
succuss | (verb) shake; especially (a patient to detect fluids or air in the body) | Synonyms: shake up |
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succussion | (noun) shaking a person to determine whether a large amount of liquid is present in a body cavity | - |
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unfocussed | (adjective) (of an image) not being in or brought into focus | Synonyms: unfocused |
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(adjective) not concentrated at one point or upon one objective | Synonyms: unfocused |