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SUCCUSS
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they succuss ... he / she / it succusses
Past simple: succussed
Past participle: succussed
-ing form: succussing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shake; especially (a patient to detect fluids or air in the body)
Synonyms:
shake up; succuss
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "succuss" is one way to...):
agitate; shake (move or cause to move back and forth)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
succussion (shaking a person to determine whether a large amount of liquid is present in a body cavity)
