SUCCUSS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does succuss mean? 

• SUCCUSS (verb)
  The verb SUCCUSS has 1 sense:

1. shake; especially (a patient to detect fluids or air in the body)

  Familiarity information: SUCCUSS used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUCCUSS (verb)

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)

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

shake up; succuss

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)