drumstick
n.
stick used for beating a drum; chicken leg
Drum stick
drumstick
Noun
1. the lower joint of the leg of a fowl
(hypernym) helping, portion, serving
(hyponym) turkey leg, turkey drumstick
(part-holonym) bird, fowl
(part-meronym) dark meat
2. a stick used for playing a drum
(hypernym) stick
(hyponym) mallet
Drumstick
(n.)
Anything resembling a drumstick in form, as the tibiotarsus, or second joint, of the leg of a fowl.
(n.)
A stick with which a drum is beaten.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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drumstick
Synonyms and related words:
ankle, bayonet legs, bongo drum, bowlegs, breast, calf, chicken foot, cnemis, conga, dark meat, drum, drumhead, drumskin, foreleg, gamb, gambrel, giblets, gigot, ham, hind leg, hock, jamb, jazz stick, kettle, kettledrum, knee, leg, limb, membranophone, neck, oyster, podite, popliteal space, scissor-legs, shank, shin, side drum, snare, snare drum, stems, stumps, tabor, taboret, tabret, tam-tam, tambourine, tarsus, tenor drum, thigh, timbrel, timpani, tom-tom, troll-drum, trotters, turkey foot, tymp stick, tympan, tympanon, tympanum, war drum, white meat, wing, wishbone
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.