percussing

The body of the clippers, where the electric motor was housed, was percussing  the pile of the carpet like a bull pawing the ground before a charge.

Deadheading 2010

The mokuri, a tuber which abounds in the Mopane country, they discovered by percussing the ground with stones; and another tuber, about the size of a turnip, called “bonga”, is found in the same situations.

Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa 2004

Her smile is a mile wide, her hips have gone saucy, fingers snapping, palms percussing, “Go, girl!”

Fall On Your Knees Macdonald Ann-Marie 1996

Her smile is a mile wide, her hips have gone saucy, fingers snapping, palms percussing, “Go, girl!”

Fall On Your Knees Macdonald Ann-Marie 1996

These latter organs, although occupying abdominal space, rise to a considerable height behind K L, the asternal ribs, a fact which should be borne in mind when percussing the walls of the thorax and abdomen at this region.

Surgical Anatomy Joseph Maclise

Take daily exercise, as much as possible short of fatigue; if necessarily confined indoors, counteract the constipating influence of sedentary habits by kneading and percussing the bowels with the hands several minutes each day; 5.

Plain Facts for Old and Young John Harvey Kellogg 1897

I scarcely touched the abdomen, for I knew I dare not press, in percussing, enough to distinguish any sound except the tympanitic.

Appendicitis John Henry Tilden 1895

In some cases localised tenderness on percussing the skull may be of assistance in indicating the site of the tumour.

Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893

Kneading and percussing the abdomen by an osteopath or masseur strengthens, and also relieves constipation.

Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say Martha Meir Allen 1890

By percussing [A] the resonator in the position for the production of the various vowel sounds you will observe a distinct difference in the pitch of the note produced.

The Brain and the Voice in Speech and Song 1889