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# drumstick

«drumstick» in Mova's school dictionary: **a stick used to hit a drum** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a drumstick, drumsticks)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A drumstick is a stick used to hit a drum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drumstick/#m1)

2) A drumstick is the lower part of the leg of a chicken or turkey, cooked and eaten. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drumstick/#m2)

3) In some places, drumstick is a long green vegetable, the pod of the moringa tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drumstick/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In music lessons, pupils play drums with drumsticks to keep the beat. In everyday life, chicken drumsticks are a common meal. Phrases: a pair of drumsticks, chicken drumsticks.

### examples

- He hit the drum with his drumsticks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drumstick/#x1)
- The drummer twirled a drumstick in the air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drumstick/#x2)
- We had chicken drumsticks for dinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drumstick/#x3)
- A drumstick is the leg of the chicken. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drumstick/#x4)
- Keep a steady beat with your drumsticks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drumstick/#x5)
- Eat the drumstick with your fingers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drumstick/#x6)
- Each drummer needs 2 drumsticks, so 5 drummers need 10. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drumstick/#x7)
- The drumsticks stiffened in Walter’s hands, and he thought now they are coming...! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drumstick/#x8)

### note

Countable: a drumstick, drumsticks; one word. Drumsticks usually come in pairs. Cook chicken drumsticks all the way through so they are safe to eat.

### In the corpora

- [Pizza, sandwiches, chips and chicken drumsticks are finger foods, and most other foods are eaten with cutlery.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/128-guest-at-the-table-and-the-phone/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «drumstick» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/drumstick/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.