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Meaning of DRUMSTICK

Pronunciation:  'drum`stik

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a stick used for playing a drum
  2. [n]  the lower joint of the leg of a fowl
 
 See Also: bird, chicken drumstick, chicken leg, dark meat, fowl, helping, mallet, portion, serving, stick, turkey drumstick, turkey leg

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Drum"stick`\, n.
1. A stick with which a drum is beaten.

2. Anything resembling a drumstick in form, as the
   tibiotarsus, or second joint, of the leg of a fowl.

 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: 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, tambourine, tam-tam, tarsus, tenor drum, thigh, timbrel, timpani, tom-tom, troll-drum, trotters, turkey foot, tymp stick, tympan, tympanon, tympanum, war drum, white meat, wing, wishbone
 

 

 

 

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