Meanings
noundrumstick (plural drumsticks)
plural drumsticks · alternative drum stick
- MyanmarSouth AsiaThe moringa or drumstick tree, Moringa oleifera, especially its slender, cylindrical pods.First known use 19th c.
She could imagine the taste of the tender drumstick seeds on her tongue.
2011, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Deepika Phukan, The Story of Felanee (fiction), translation of original in Assamese - in pluralslangA 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.
1855, Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Nature and Human Nature, page 235
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe second joint of the legbone of a chicken or other fowl, especially as an item of food.
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Bulgarian палка, бутче
- палка (palka)stick used to play drums
- бутче (butče)leg bone of a chicken or other fowl
Chinese Cantonese 雞髀 /鸡髀, 雞肶 /鸡肶
- 雞髀 /鸡髀 (gai¹ bei²)leg bone of a chicken or other fowl
- 雞肶 /鸡肶 (gai¹ bei²)leg bone of a chicken or other fowl
- 雞槌 /鸡槌leg bone of a chicken or other fowl
Chinese Mandarin 鼓槌, 鼓棒
- 鼓槌 (gǔchuí)stick used to play drums
- 鼓棒 (gǔbàng)stick used to play drums
- 雞腿 /鸡腿 (jītuǐ)leg bone of a chicken or other fowl
Danish trommestik, kyllingelår
- trommestikstick used to play drums
- kyllingelårleg bone of a chicken or other fowl
- hønselårleg bone of a chicken or other fowl
Dutch drumstokje, drumstok
- drumstokjestick used to play drums
- drumstokstick used to play drums
- trommelstokstick used to play drums
Finnish rumpukapula, kanankoipi
- rumpukapulastick used to play drums
- kanankoipileg bone of a chicken or other fowl
French baguette, pilon
- baguettestick used to play drums
- pilonleg bone of a chicken or other fowl
German Trommelstock, Schlegel
- Trommelstockstick used to play drums
- Schlegelstick used to play drums
- Hähnchenkeuleleg bone of a chicken or other fowl
Hebrew פּוּלְקֶע
- פּוּלְקֶע (púlqe)leg bone of a chicken or other fowl
Hungarian dobverő
- dobverőstick used to play drums
Icelandic trommukjuði
- trommukjuðistick used to play drums
Indonesian paha bawah
- paha bawahleg bone of a chicken or other fowl
Irish bata druma, lorga
- bata drumastick used to play drums
- lorgaleg bone of a chicken or other fowl
Italian bacchetta
- bacchettastick used to play drums
Japanese ドラムスティック, 桴
- ドラムスティック (doramusutikku)stick used to play drums
- 桴 (bachi)stick used to play drums
Korean 드럼스틱, 북채
- 드럼스틱 (deureomseutik)stick used to play drums
- 북채 (bukchae)stick used to play drums
Malay paha ayam
- paha ayamleg bone of a chicken or other fowl
Māori toko pahū
- toko pahūstick used to play drums
Norwegian Bokmål trommestikke
- trommestikkestick used to play drums
Polish pałeczka, udko
- pałeczkastick used to play drums
- udkoleg bone of a chicken or other fowl
Portuguese baqueta, coxa
- baquetastick used to play drums
- coxaleg bone of a chicken or other fowl
Russian бараба́нная па́лочка, голя́шка
- бараба́нная па́лочка (barabánnaja páločka)stick used to play drums
- голя́шка (goljáška)leg bone of a chicken or other fowl
Scottish Gaelic bioran-druma
- bioran-drumastick used to play drums
Spanish baqueta, palillo
- baquetastick used to play drums
- palillostick used to play drums
- bolillostick used to play drums
- palotestick used to play drums
Swahili paja la kuku
- paja la kukuleg bone of a chicken or other fowl
Swedish trumpinne, trumstock
- trumpinnestick used to play drums
- trumstockstick used to play drums
- kycklingbenleg bone of a chicken or other fowl
Turkish baget
- bagetstick used to play drums
Ukrainian бараба́нна па́личка, гомі́лка
- бараба́нна па́личка (barabánna pályčka)stick used to play drums
- гомі́лка (homílka)leg bone of a chicken or other fowl
Vietnamese dùi trống, dùi
- dùi trốngstick used to play drums
- dùistick used to play drums
- đùi gàleg bone of a chicken or other fowl
Yiddish פּויקשטעקל, פּאָלקע
- פּויקשטעקל (poykshtekl)stick used to play drums
- פּאָלקע (polke)leg bone of a chicken or other fowl
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