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chopstix

chopstix is the informal spelling of chopsticks.

Meaning of chopsticks

Proper noun

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.

See all 2 meanings of chopsticks

Origin of chopstix

Spelling substitution owing to the fact that ⟨cks⟩ and ⟨x⟩ ordinarily denote the same sound cluster (/ks/).

Questions about chopstix

What is chopstix the informal spelling of?
Chopstix is the informal spelling of chopsticks.

Words near chopstix in the dictionary

  1. chopsticklike
  2. chopstickology
  3. chopsticks
  4. chopsticksful
  5. chopsticky
  6. chopstix
  7. chopstuck
  8. chopsy
  9. chopt
  10. Choptank
  11. Choptanks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chopstix (page history and authors); chopsticks (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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