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View synonyms for drumstick

drumstick

[ druhm-stik ]

noun

  1. a stick for beating a drum.
  2. the meaty leg of a chicken, duck, turkey, or other fowl.


drumstick

/ ˈdrʌmˌstɪk /

noun

  1. a stick used for playing a drum
  2. the lower joint of the leg of a cooked fowl


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Word History and Origins

Origin of drumstick1

First recorded in 1580–90; drum 1 + stick 1

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Example Sentences

It was only when about to wash down the last drumstick of the last fowl with a can of excellent ale that he made this discovery.

Rat-a-tat, rat′-a-tat′, n. sound of repeated knocks, as of a drumstick.

Allow the glue to dry six to ten hours before twisting the drumstick in the strings.

And wielding the heavy drumstick with a powerful arm, he brought it crashing down against the side of the mighty instrument.

Jeff looked at the two bites he had taken from his own drumstick.

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