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Dash :: Dash (n.) Violent striking together of two bodies; collision; crash.

Touch :: Touch (v.) The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers; as, a heavy touch, or a light touch; also, the manner of touching, striking, or pressing the keys of a piano; as, a legato touch; a staccato touch..

Percussion :: Percussion (n.) The act of percussing, or striking one body against another; forcible collision, esp. such as gives a sound or report..

Adventure :: Adventure (n.) The encountering of risks; hazardous and striking enterprise; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat..

Clack :: Clack (n.) To make a sudden, sharp noise, or a succesion of such noises, as by striking an object, or by collision of parts; to rattle; to click..

Chime :: Chime (n.) A set of bells musically tuned to each other; specif., in the pl., the music performed on such a set of bells by hand, or produced by mechanism to accompany the striking of the hours or their divisions..

Cob :: Cob (v. t.) To punish by striking on the buttocks with a strap, a flat piece of wood, or the like..

Stunsail :: Stunning (a.) Striking or overpowering with astonishment, especially on account of excellence; as, stunning poetry..

Ring :: Ring (v. t.) To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body; as, to ring a bell..

Strike :: Striking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Strik.

Peculiarly :: Peculiarly (adv.) In a peculiar manner; particulary; in a rare and striking degree; unusually.

Crisis :: Crisis (n.) That change in a disease which indicates whether the result is to be recovery or death; sometimes, also, a striking change of symptoms attended by an outward manifestation, as by an eruption or sweat..

Racktail :: Racktail (n.) An arm attached to a swinging notched arc or rack, to let off the striking mechanism of a repeating clock..

Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) The striking of the clock to tell the hour.

Trip :: Trip (v. t.) To cause to stumble, or take a false step; to cause to lose the footing, by striking the feet from under; to cause to fall; to throw off the balance; to supplant; -- often followed by up; as, to trip up a man in wrestling..

Incuss :: Incuss (v. t.) To form, or mold, by striking or stamping, as a coin or medal..

Glitter :: Glitter (v. i.) To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive; as, the glittering scenes of a court..

Gong :: Gong (n.) A flat saucerlike bell, rung by striking it with a small hammer which is connected with it by various mechanical devices; a stationary bell, used to sound calls or alarms; -- called also gong bell..

Die :: Die (n.) A metal or plate (often one of a pair) so cut or shaped as to give a certain desired form to, or impress any desired device on, an object or surface, by pressure or by a blow; used in forging metals, coining, striking up sheet metal, etc..

Hit :: Hit (n.) A striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.

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