DRUMSTICK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does drumstick mean? 

• DRUMSTICK (noun)
  The noun DRUMSTICK has 2 senses:

1. the lower joint of the leg of a fowl

2. a stick used for playing a drum

  Familiarity information: DRUMSTICK used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DRUMSTICK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The lower joint of the leg of a fowl

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("drumstick" is a kind of...):

helping; portion; serving (an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal)

Meronyms (parts of "drumstick"):

dark meat (the flesh of the legs of fowl used as food)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drumstick"):

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)

Holonyms ("drumstick" is a part of...):

bird; fowl (the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A stick used for playing a drum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("drumstick" is a kind of...):

stick (an implement consisting of a length of wood)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "drumstick"):

hammer; mallet (a light drumstick with a rounded head that is used to strike such percussion instruments as chimes, kettledrums, marimbas, glockenspiels, etc.)

 Context examples 

I observed that Amy took drumsticks at dinner, ran errands for her mother all the afternoon, gave Meg her place tonight, and has waited on every one with patience and good humor.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)