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stickings

stickings is the plural of sticking.

Meaning of sticking

Noun

sticking (plural stickings)

  1. A sequence or arrangement of drum notes to be played with drumsticks.
    • Too often the beginning student finds it more difficult to observe the stickings when reading single beats or duple beat divisions (e.g., quarter notes and eighth notes in 4/4 time) than if he or she alternated freely from hand to hand.1997, Gary Cook, Teaching percussion, page 72
  2. (historical, in plural) Coarse, bruised, or damaged meat sold to the makers of sausages, pies, etc.
    • six ounces of clods and stickings boiled1823, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Papers: 1780-1849, volume 5, page 48

Questions about stickings

What is stickings the plural of?
Stickings is the plural of sticking.

Words near stickings in the dictionary

  1. sticking with
  2. sticking-place
  3. sticking-places
  4. sticking-point
  5. sticking-points
  6. stickings
  7. stickit minister
  8. stickit ministers
  9. stickjaw
  10. stickjaws
  11. sticklac

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