drumstick

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
21
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈdɹʌmˌstɪk/

Definition of drumstick

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A stick used to play drums.
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noun

  1. A stick used to play drums.
  2. The second joint of the legbone of a chicken or other fowl, especially as an item of food.
  3. (Myanmar, South-Asia)The moringa or drumstick tree, Moringa oleifera, especially its slender, cylindrical pods.
    “She could imagine the taste of the tender drumstick seeds on her tongue.”
  4. (in-plural, slang)A person's leg.
    “At a given signal, from the boss of the hack, who stands door in hand, the young lady gathers her clothes well up her drumsticks, and would you believe, two steps or springs only, like those of a kangaroo, take her into the house.”

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Etymology

From drum + stick.

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7-letter words

1 word

6-letter words

15 words

5-letter words

43 words

4-letter words

81 words

3-letter words

47 words

2-letter words

11 words

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

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