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- [druhm-stik]
- /ˈdrʌmˌstɪk/
- /ˈdrʌm.stɪk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [druhm-stik]
- /ˈdrʌmˌstɪk/
Definitions of drumstick word
- noun drumstick a stick for beating a drum. 1
- noun drumstick the meaty leg of a chicken, duck, turkey, or other fowl. 1
- noun drumstick A stick, typically with a shaped or padded head, used for beating a drum. 1
- noun drumstick music: stick to beat drum 1
- noun drumstick food: chicken leg 1
- countable noun drumstick A drumstick is the lower part of the leg of a bird such as a chicken which is cooked and eaten. 0
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Origin of drumstick
First appearance:
before 1580 One of the 35% oldest English words
First recorded in 1580-90; drum1 + stick1
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Parts of speech for Drumstick
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
drumstick popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for drumstick
noun drumstick
- wedge — a piece of hard material with two principal faces meeting in a sharply acute angle, for raising, holding, or splitting objects by applying a pounding or driving force, as from a hammer. Compare machine (def 3b).
- bat — A bat is a specially shaped piece of wood that is used for hitting the ball in baseball, softball, cricket, rounders, or table tennis.
- cane — Cane is used to refer to the long, hollow, hard stems of plants such as bamboo. Strips of cane are often used to make furniture, and some types of cane can be crushed and processed to make sugar.
- bar — A bar is a place where you can buy and drink alcoholic drinks.
- wand — a slender stick or rod, especially one used by a magician, conjurer, or diviner.
Antonyms for drumstick
noun drumstick
- whole — comprising the full quantity, amount, extent, number, etc., without diminution or exception; entire, full, or total: He ate the whole pie. They ran the whole distance.
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