chopstick
one of a pair of thin, tapered sticks, often of wood or ivory, held in one hand between the thumb and fingers and used chiefly in China, Japan, and other Asian countries for lifting food to the mouth.
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Its jaw muscles comprise a whopping quarter of its muscle mass, and it can move its incisors independently, like chopsticks.
9 creatures that have made spookiness their brand | Elana Spivack | October 22, 2021 | Popular-ScienceYou can do it by pressing twine, a reed, a skewer, or a chopstick.
Eat like an ancient Roman by recreating bread from Pompeii | Alisha McDarris | September 9, 2021 | Popular-ScienceUsing 2 wooden skewers or a set of chopsticks, flip each round frequently until they begin to puff up.
When learning a new trick, whether it’s how to properly use chopsticks, riding a bike, or editing something on Photoshop, it can be a lot easier to look on and see how somebody else does it.
These otters learn how to snag snacks by watching their friends | Sara Kiley Watson | November 24, 2020 | Popular-ScienceA study published June 3 in Emerging Infectious Diseases found traces of SARS-CoV-2 genetic material on chopsticks used by patients in Hong Kong, but whether virus particles could survive on a chopstick and actually infect someone remains unknown.
COVID-19 case clusters offer lessons and warnings for reopening | Helen Thompson | June 18, 2020 | Science News
Poke center of Italian sausages with chopstick to make well, fill with chocolate syrup and twist the open end of the sausage.
Epic Meal Empire’s Meat Monstrosities: From the Bacon Spider to the Cinnabattleship | Harley Morenstein | July 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOne may search in vain for the trace of any object in the nature of a chopstick in Central or South America.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, | VariousA Sheffield quarrel man is not to be mystified like a Jerry chopstick.
Homes and haunts of the most eminent British poets, Vol. II (of 2) | William HowittIt is to be hoped that the chopstick may ultimately be adopted here instead of the knife and fork.
Anybody who can make a shoe-peg or wooden toothpick can make a chopstick.
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