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dripstick

dripstick noun: a thin hollow tube installed vertically in the bottoms of fuel tanks of many large aircraft, used to check fuel levels; now mostly superseded by the floatstick.

Noun

dripstick (plural dripsticks)

  1. A thin hollow tube installed vertically in the bottoms of fuel tanks of many large aircraft, used to check fuel levels; now mostly superseded by the floatstick.

Forms of dripstick

pluraldripsticks

Origin of dripstick

From drip + stick.

Questions about dripstick

What does dripstick mean?
Dripstick means a thin hollow tube installed vertically in the bottoms of fuel tanks of many large aircraft, used to check fuel levels; now mostly superseded by the floatstick.
What part of speech is dripstick?
Dripstick is a noun.
What is the plural of dripstick?
The plural of dripstick is dripsticks.

Words near dripstick in the dictionary

  1. dripproof
  2. drippy
  3. drips
  4. drips and drabs
  5. Dripsey
  6. dripstick
  7. dripsticks
  8. dripstone
  9. dripstones
  10. dript
  11. driptorch

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