Meaning

4 senses
  1. A stick used to play drums.

    Trommelstock, Schlegel

    бараба́нная па́лочкаbarabánnaja páločka

    бараба́нна па́личкаbarabánna pályčka

    a stick used for playing a drum

  2. The second joint of the legbone of a chicken or other fowl, especially as an item of food.

    Hähnchenkeule

    голя́шкаgoljáška

    гомі́лкаhomílka

    the lower joint of the leg of a fowl

  3. (Myanmar, South Asia)The moringa or drumstick tree, Moringa oleifera, especially its slender, cylindrical pods.

  4. (in the plural, slang)A person's leg.

Examples

9 sentences
  1. Tom has three sets of drumsticks.

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  2. I broke one of my drumsticks last night.

    deGestern Abend ist mir einer meiner Trommelstöcke durchgebrochen.

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  3. Tom put down his fork and picked up the drumstick with his fingers.

    ruТом положил вилку и взял куриную ножку пальцами.

    deTom legte die Gabel beiseite und nahm die Hähnchenkeule mit den Fingern.

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  4. Are these your drumsticks?

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  5. He spun both drumsticks very fast in his hands.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
stick used to play drums:
leg bone of a chicken or other fowl:
Русский
By meaning 2
stick used to play drums:
leg bone of a chicken or other fowl:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
stick used to play drums:
leg bone of a chicken or other fowl:

Origin

From drum + stick.

From drum + stick.

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Forms

plural: drumsticks

Synonyms

2 synonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relateddrumette

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
drumstick — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto