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cluestick

cluestick is the alternative form of clue stick.

Meaning of clue stick

Noun

clue stick (plural clue sticks)

  1. (idiomatic) A metaphorical stick used to beat information or understanding into a slow learner.
    • Leadbetter needs to be thwacked with a legal clue stick. The law he's talking about applies only to Internet service providers, not reporters.2003 October 10, Declan McCullagh, “My letter from the FBI”, in ZDNet, retrieved 14 Apr 2009

Forms of cluestick

pluralcluesticks

Questions about cluestick

What is cluestick the alternative form of?
Cluestick is the alternative form of clue stick.

Words near cluestick in the dictionary

  1. cluelike
  2. cluemanship
  3. clues
  4. clues in
  5. clues up
  6. cluestick
  7. cluesticks
  8. cluey
  9. Cluff
  10. Cluffs
  11. Clugston

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cluestick (page history and authors); clue stick (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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