Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
REPERCUSSION
recoil, repercussion, rebound, backlash
(noun) a movement back from an impact
repercussion, reverberation
(noun) a remote or indirect consequence of some action; “his declaration had unforeseen repercussions”; “reverberations of the market crash were felt years later”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
repercussion (countable and uncountable, plural repercussions)
A consequence or ensuing result of some action.
The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation.
(music) Rapid reiteration of the same sound.
(medicine) The subsidence of a tumour or eruption by the action of a repellent.
(obstetrics) 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.
Synonyms
• (consequence): aftereffect
• (consequence): consequence
Source: Wiktionary
Re`per*cus"sion (-ksh"n), n. Etym: [L. repercussio: cf. F. répercussion.]
1. 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.
2. (Mus.)
Definition: Rapid reiteration of the same sound.
3. (Med.)
Definition: The subsidence of a tumor or eruption by the action of a repellent. Dunglison.
4. (Obstetrics)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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