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chopsticks

UK/ˈt͡ʃɒpstɪks//ˈt͡ʃɑpstɪks/

chopsticks proper noun: a hand game in which players hold up a number of fingers on each hand and try, through certain moves, to eliminate their opponent's hands. Also the plural of chopstick.

Proper noun (1)

chopsticks

  1. (hand games) A hand game in which players hold up a number of fingers on each hand and try, through certain moves, to eliminate their opponent's hands.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Chopsticks

Chopsticks

  1. A simple waltz, written in 1877 by Arthur de Lulli, that serves as a two-finger exercise for beginner piano players.

Also used as

chopsticks is also the plural of chopstick.

Origin of chopsticks

Originally called The Celebrated Chop Waltz, because of the chopping motion of the fingers on the keys.

Questions about chopsticks

What does chopsticks mean?
Chopsticks means a hand game in which players hold up a number of fingers on each hand and try, through certain moves, to eliminate their opponent's hands.
What part of speech is chopsticks?
Chopsticks is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce chopsticks?
Chopsticks is pronounced /ˈt͡ʃɒpstɪks/ (UK).

Words near chopsticks in the dictionary

  1. chopstickish
  2. chopstickism
  3. chopstickless
  4. chopsticklike
  5. chopstickology
  6. chopsticks
  7. chopsticksful
  8. chopsticky
  9. chopstix
  10. chopstuck
  11. chopsy

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