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lightstick

lightstick noun: a portable rod used for illumination.

Noun

lightstick (plural lightsticks)

  1. A portable rod used for illumination.
    • When he woke, he became frightened, fired tracer bullets into the air and waved a fluorescent lightstick to identify himself.2007 July 30, Steven Erlanger, “Israeli Soldier Is Briefly Left Behind in Gaza”, in New York Times

Forms of lightstick

plurallightsticks

Origin of lightstick

From light + stick.

Questions about lightstick

What does lightstick mean?
Lightstick means a portable rod used for illumination.
What part of speech is lightstick?
Lightstick is a noun.
What is the plural of lightstick?
The plural of lightstick is lightsticks.

Words near lightstick in the dictionary

  1. lightspeed lag
  2. lightspeed lags
  3. lightspeeds
  4. lightstation
  5. lightstations
  6. lightstick
  7. lightsticks
  8. lightstrip
  9. lightstrips
  10. lightstruck
  11. lightswitch

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