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throwing sticks

throwing sticks is the plural of throwing stick.

Meaning of throwing stick

Noun

throwing stick (plural throwing sticks)

  1. A wooden tool used to throw a dart, spear or other missile; a spearthrower; (Australia) a woomera.
    • "What could his sling, his throwing-stick, or his arrow avail him against such forces as have been loose to-night? Even with a modern rifle it would be all odds on the monster."1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
  2. A simple weapon consisting of a stick (often curved) that is thrown, often so that it spins in flight; an early type of boomerang.

Questions about throwing sticks

What is throwing sticks the plural of?
Throwing sticks is the plural of throwing stick.

Words near throwing sticks in the dictionary

  1. throwing spaghetti against the wall
  2. throwing spaghetti at the wall
  3. throwing star
  4. throwing stars
  5. throwing stick
  6. throwing sticks
  7. throwing stone
  8. throwing stones
  9. throwing stones in a glass house
  10. throwing table
  11. throwing tables

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