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trapstick

trapstick noun: a stick used in playing the game of trapball.

Noun

trapstick (plural trapsticks)

  1. A stick used in playing the game of trapball.
  2. (dated, figuratively) A slender leg.
    • These had made a foolish swop between a couple of thick bandy legs and two long trapsticks that had no calves to them1714 July 5 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison], “THURSDAY, June 25, 1714”, in The Spectator, number 559; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume VI...

Forms of trapstick

pluraltrapsticks

Origin of trapstick

From trap + stick.

Questions about trapstick

What does trapstick mean?
Trapstick means a stick used in playing the game of trapball.
What part of speech is trapstick?
Trapstick is a noun.
What is the plural of trapstick?
The plural of trapstick is trapsticks.

Words near trapstick in the dictionary

  1. trapshooters
  2. trapshooting
  3. trapshoots
  4. trapsing
  5. trapsings
  6. trapstick
  7. trapsticks
  8. trapt
  9. traptamer
  10. traptamers
  11. trapunto

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