Crossword clues for repercussion
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Repercussion \Re`per*cus"sion\ (-k?sh"?n), n. [L. repercussio: cf. F. r['e]percussion.]
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The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation; as, the repercussion of sound.
Ever echoing back in endless repercussion.
--Hare. (Mus.) Rapid reiteration of the same sound.
(Med.) The subsidence of a tumor or eruption by the action of a repellent.
--Dunglison.(Obstetrics) In a vaginal examination, the act of imparting through the uterine wall with the finger a shock to the fetus, so that it bounds upward, and falls back again against the examining finger.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., "act of driving back," from Middle French répercussion (14c.) or directly from Latin repercusionem (nominative repercussio), from past participle stem of repercutere "to strike or beat back; shine back, reflect; echo," from re- "back" (see re-) + percutere "to strike or thrust through" (see percussion). Meaning "reverberation, echo" first recorded 1590s; the metaphoric extension is recorded from 1620s.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A consequence or ensuing result of some action. 2 The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation. 3 (context music English) Rapid reiteration of the same sound. 4 (context medicine English) The subsidence of a tumour or eruption by the action of a repellent. 5 (context obstetrics English) In a vaginal examination, the act of imparting through the uterine wall with the finger a shock to the foetus, so that it bounds upward, and falls back again against the examining finger.
WordNet
n. a remote or indirect consequence of some action; "his declaration had unforeseen repercussions"; "reverberations of the market crash were felt years later" [syn: reverberation]
a movement back from an impact [syn: recoil, rebound, backlash]
Wikipedia
Repercussion is the second album by The dB's. Like its predecessor, Stands for Decibels, the album was commercially unsuccessful but has since developed a cult following. It is now arguably regarded as just as much of a classic as Stands for Decibels by both fans of power pop and rock fans in general.
The dB's began recording the album after a brief tour in May 1981. Chris Stamey and Peter Holsapple, the band's singers/guitarists, had enough material almost immediately to begin a new album. Stamey and Holsapple each ended up contributing six songs on the album. As was the case on the debut, Stamey's songs veered towards more experimental melodies and rhythms, while Holsapple's songs were more traditionally in a pop vein.
The album was, like its predecessor, very modestly produced, but there was some evidence of growth in The dBs' recorded sound. The first track, Holsapple's "Living a Lie", featured a horn section ( The Rumour Brass) and sounded not unlike an old soul record (a surprise given that power pop was not normally thought to be a particularly soulful genre). The album was produced by Scott Litt (who would later become famous for his association with the band R.E.M. and for remixing Nirvana's album In Utero), who gave the album a slightly deeper sound, utilizing things like reverb on the drums that weren't present in their debut. Lyrically, the album was also a bit more unorthodox. Stamey's song "Ask for Jill", for instance, was apparently about the process of mastering an album.
Holsapple's rockabilly-inflected composition "Amplifier" (about a suicidal man reflecting on how his significant other left him and took all his belongings, save for the titular object) became the band's lead single and also their first video. "Amplifier" would also show up on The dB's next album, Like This, as a result of the video. A video for the second single, "Neverland", was completed but went unreleased until the band uploaded it to their website in 2008.
Usage examples of "repercussion".
Buried deep in the anthracite core of my being is a personal trait so hideous, so confounding, a conceit so terrible in its repercussions, that it makes sodomy, pederasty, and barratry on the high seas seem as tame as a Frances Parkinson Keyes novel.
Most of the students in the class seemed glad that the New Obstetrical Technologies existed but were somewhat ambivalent about their moral, psychological, and social repercussions.
Some boys are wearing them too, and the police are yipping at Trix for encouraging transvestism with psychic repercussions.
If there are repercussions, Trayce power and influence will brush them away.
The brass was worried about long-term repercussions from the warrantless search.
Bryce Babcock would bear witness to the event that would have global repercussions for generations to come.
He insisted that he could not order evacuation, particularly of Crete and the Dodecanese, because of the political repercussions which would follow.
I would have stopped the esbat then and there, thrown the witches from my home no matter the repercussions.
The repercussions of his illicit leave of absence had seen him incarcerated for several weeks before he was allowed to visit Noni again to see her.
If any section of my philtrum is damaged by your blade, the repercussions will be swift and painful.
I should point out, however, that such a decision on your part will have the most serious postwar repercussions if, as I confidently expect, my actions are retroactively approved by the Assembly.
There was no further trouble on the western frontier of Egypt, and a repercussion of the Senussi discontent far south in Darfur was satisfactorily suppressed by a detachment of the Egyptian Army which occupied El Fasher on 22 May.
Having said this, Desdemona becomes aware of the repercussions and begins to scold.
I know you wish your house to be held in esteem, and I do not doubt that you would consider all the repercussions of your publication.
Said he was doing a survey on behalf of the Harvard faculty on whether your Dante course might produce negative repercussions on the character of its students.