drumstick
drumstick Lexical Profile
• noun
A stick, typically made of wood or synthetic material, used for striking a drum or other percussion instrument.
"The drummer accidentally dropped his drumstick in the middle of the heavy metal solo."
The cooked lower joint of the leg of a bird, such as a chicken or turkey, prepared as food.
"The children always argued over who would get the roasted turkey drumstick at Thanksgiving dinner."
The long, slender, and edible seed pod of the moringa tree, widely used as a vegetable in South Asian and Southeast Asian cuisine.
"She added freshly chopped drumsticks to the spicy lentil sambar to give it an authentic flavor."
• Rhymes for drumstick
Word Origin & Etymology
First recorded in the 1530s, derived from combining 'drum' and 'stick'. The culinary sense for a bird's leg arose around the 1750s due to its distinct visual resemblance to a drumstick.
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