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drum·stick
(drŭm′stĭk′)n.
1. A stick for beating a drum.
2. The lower part of the leg of a fowl, especially when cooked.
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drumstick
(ˈdrʌmˌstɪk)n
1. (Instruments) a stick used for playing a drum
2. (Cookery) the lower joint of the leg of a cooked fowl
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drum•stick
(ˈdrʌmˌstɪk)n.
1. a stick for beating a drum.
2. the meaty leg of a chicken, turkey, or other fowl.
[1580–90]
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Noun | 1. | drumstick - the lower joint of the leg of a fowl helping, serving, portion - an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal; "the helpings were all small"; "his portion was larger than hers"; "there's enough for two servings each" turkey drumstick, turkey leg - the lower joint of the leg of a turkey chicken drumstick, chicken leg - the lower joint of the leg of a chicken dark meat - the flesh of the legs of fowl used as food |
2. | drumstick - a stick used for playing a drum mallet, hammer - a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc. stick - an implement consisting of a length of wood; "he collected dry sticks for a campfire"; "the kid had a candied apple on a stick" |
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Translations
رِجْل الدَّجاج المَطْبوخعَصا الطَّبْل
palička na bubenstehno
lårtrommestav
HähnchenhaxeSchlegelTrommelstock
csirkecombdobverõdobverő
leggurtrommukjuðitrommukjuîi
bagetbutdavul tokmağı
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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drumstick
n
(Mus) → Trommelschlägel or -stock m
(on chicken etc) → Keule f
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drum
(dram) noun1. a musical instrument constructed of skin etc stretched on a round frame and beaten with a stick. He plays the drums.
2. something shaped like a drum, especially a container. an oil-drum.
3. an eardrum.
verb – past tense, past participle drummed – 1. to beat a drum.
2. to tap continuously especially with the fingers. Stop drumming (your fingers) on the table!
3. to make a sound like someone beating a drum. The rain drummed on the metal roof.
ˈdrummer noun a person who plays the drums.
ˈdrumstick noun1. a stick used for beating a drum.
2. the lower part of the leg of a cooked chicken etc.
drum in/into to force someone to remember (something) by repeating it constantly. You never remember anything unless I drum it in/into you.
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