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musicstick

musicstick noun: a kind of drumstick used by striking one against another, to maintain rhythm in Aboriginal voice chants.

Noun

musicstick (plural musicsticks)

  1. (Australia) A kind of drumstick used by striking one against another, to maintain rhythm in Aboriginal voice chants.
    • The camp was silent save for clicking of music-sticks in the distant native camp […]1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter VI, in Capricornia, page 88
    Synonyms:
    clapper, clapstick

Synonyms of musicstick

Forms of musicstick

pluralmusicsticks
alternative formmusic-stick

Origin of musicstick

From music + stick.

Questions about musicstick

What does musicstick mean?
Musicstick means a kind of drumstick used by striking one against another, to maintain rhythm in Aboriginal voice chants.
What part of speech is musicstick?
Musicstick is a noun.
What is the plural of musicstick?
The plural of musicstick is musicsticks.

Words near musicstick in the dictionary

  1. musicotherapists
  2. musicotherapy
  3. musics
  4. musicscape
  5. musicscapes
  6. musicstick
  7. musicsticks
  8. musiczine
  9. musiczines
  10. musiform
  11. Musiiky

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