'Repercussive' definitions:
Definition of 'Repercussive'
From: GCIDE
- Repercussive \Re`per*cuss"ive\ (-k?s"?v), a. [Cf. F. r['e]percussif.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Tending or able to repercuss; having the power of sending back; causing to reverberate. [1913 Webster]
- Ye repercussive rocks! repeat the sound. --W. Pattison. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Repellent. [Obs.] "Blood is stanched by astringent and repercussive medicines." --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Driven back; rebounding; reverberated. "Rages loud the repercussive roar." --Thomson. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Repercussive'
From: GCIDE
- Repercussive \Re`per*cuss"ive\, n. A repellent. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'repercussive'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- booming,
- bouncing,
- bounding,
- echoic,
- echoing,
- growling,
- lingering,
- persistent,
- reboant,
- rebounding,
- recalcitrant,
- recoiling,
- reechoing,
- resilient,
- resounding,
- reverberant,
- reverberating,
- reverberatory,
- rumbling,
- sounding,
- springing,
- thundering,
- undamped