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hyoshigi

hyoshigi noun: one of the wooden sticks that are clapped by the yobidashi to draw the spectator's attention.

Noun

hyoshigi (plural hyoshigi)

  1. One of the wooden sticks that are clapped by the yobidashi to draw the spectator's attention.
    • I put the glasses down and found that my heart was beating fast, thumping with an accelerating sound like that of the hyoshigi which I had last heard in that sombre vaporous gallery in the Wallace Collection.1978, Iris Murdoch, The Sea, The Sea, Vintage, published 1999, page 247

Forms of hyoshigi

pluralhyoshigi

Origin of hyoshigi

Borrowed from Japanese 拍子木.

Questions about hyoshigi

What does hyoshigi mean?
Hyoshigi means one of the wooden sticks that are clapped by the yobidashi to draw the spectator's attention.
What part of speech is hyoshigi?
Hyoshigi is a noun.
What is the plural of hyoshigi?
The plural of hyoshigi is hyoshigi.

Words near hyoshigi in the dictionary

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  2. hyoscyamine
  3. hyoscyamines
  4. hyoscyamus
  5. hyoscyamuses
  6. hyoshigi
  7. hyosternal
  8. hyosternum
  9. hyostylic
  10. hyosymplectic
  11. hyote

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