drumstick
See also: drum stick
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
drumstick (plural drumsticks)
- A stick used to play drums. [from 16th c.]
- The second joint of the legbone of a chicken or other fowl, especially as an item of food. [from 17th c.]
- (South Asia, Myanmar) The moringa or drumstick tree, Moringa oleifera, especially its slender, cylindrical pods. [from 19th c.]
- 2011, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Deepika Phukan, The Story of Felanee (fiction), translation of original in Assamese:
- She could imagine the taste of the tender drumstick seeds on her tongue.
- (slang, chiefly in the plural) A person's leg.
- 1855, Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Nature and Human Nature, page 235:
- 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.
Alternative forms edit
- (stick used to play drums): drum stick
Synonyms edit
- (chicken): chicken leg, drummer
Coordinate terms edit
- (chicken): chicken thigh, thigh
Related terms edit
- (chicken): drumette
Translations edit
stick used to play drums
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leg bone of a chicken or other fowl
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moringa — see moringa
Further reading edit
- drum stick on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English drumstick.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
drumstick m (plural drumsticks, diminutive drumstickje n)
- A drumstick, the lower leg of a fowl (especially a chicken).
- (uncommon) A drumstick, a stick used for drumming.
- Synonym: drumstok
Hyponyms edit
- (lower leg of a fowl): kippenpoot