Dictionary

drumstick en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈdɹʌmˌstɪk/

Etymology

From drum + stick.

Meanings

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. 2011, Arupa Patangia Kalita, translated by Deepika Phukan, The Story of Felanee (fiction), translation of original in Assamese:
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. 1855, Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Nature and Human Nature, page 235:

Forms

Coordinates

thigh (chicken) · chicken thigh (chicken)

Relateds

drumette (chicken)

Synonyms

drummer (chicken) · chicken leg (chicken)

Translations (67)

uk гомі́лка (leg bone of a chicken or other fowl) · fi kanankoipi (leg bone of a chicken or other fowl) · de Hähnchenkeule (leg bone of a chicken or other fowl) · es bolillo (stick used to play drums) · tr baget (stick used to play drums) · ja ドラムスティック (stick used to play drums) · pl pałeczka (stick used to play drums) · sv kycklingben (leg bone of a chicken or other fowl) · pl udko (leg bone of a chicken or other fowl) · ga lorga (leg bone of a chicken or other fowl) · mi toko pahū (stick used to play drums) · vi dùi (stick used to play drums) · vi dùi trống (stick used to play drums) · cmn 雞腿 /鸡腿 (leg bone of a chicken or other fowl) · vi đùi gà (leg bone of a chicken or other fowl) · id paha bawah (leg bone of a chicken or other fowl) · ha makaɗi (stick used to play drums) · pt coxa (leg bone of a chicken or other fowl) · nb trommestikke (stick used to play drums) · ga bata druma (stick used to play drums) · nl trommelstok (stick used to play drums) · sv trumstock (stick used to play drums) · da trommestik (stick used to play drums) · yi פּאָלקע (leg bone of a chicken or other fowl) · nl drumstokje (stick used to play drums) · nn trommestikke (stick used to play drums) · nl drumstok (stick used to play drums) · gl zanco (leg bone of a chicken or other fowl) · ru голя́шка (leg bone of a chicken or other fowl) · cmn 鼓槌 (stick used to play drums) · pt baqueta (stick used to play drums) · is trommukjuði (stick used to play drums) · mk батак (leg bone of a chicken or other fowl) · yue 雞肶 /鸡肶 (leg bone of a chicken or other fowl) · da kyllingelår (leg bone of a chicken or other fowl) · fr pilon (leg bone of a chicken or other fowl) · ja 桴 (stick used to play drums) · sv trumpinne (stick used to play drums) · de Trommelstock (stick used to play drums) · fi rumpukapula (stick used to play drums) · he פּוּלְקֶע (leg bone of a chicken or other fowl) · io tamburo-bastono (stick used to play drums) · de Schlegel (stick used to play drums) · tsg kakatik (stick used to play drums) · fr baguette (stick used to play drums) · uk бараба́нна па́личка (stick used to play drums) · bg палка (stick used to play drums) · bg бутче (leg bone of a chicken or other fowl) · yue 雞槌 /鸡槌 (leg bone of a chicken or other fowl) · mk копан (leg bone of a chicken or other fowl) · ha gulā̀ (stick used to play drums) · ko 드럼스틱 (stick used to play drums) · yi פּויקשטעקל (stick used to play drums) · gd bioran-druma (stick used to play drums) · es baqueta (stick used to play drums) · hu dobverő (stick used to play drums) · da hønselår (leg bone of a chicken or other fowl) · it bacchetta (stick used to play drums) · sw paja la kuku (leg bone of a chicken or other fowl) · cmn 鼓棒 (stick used to play drums) · ms paha ayam (leg bone of a chicken or other fowl) · ko 북채 (stick used to play drums) · yue 雞髀 /鸡髀 (leg bone of a chicken or other fowl) · gl muslo (leg bone of a chicken or other fowl) · es palillo (stick used to play drums) · ru бараба́нная па́лочка (stick used to play drums) · es palote (stick used to play drums)