drumstick

noun

drum·​stick ˈdrəm-ˌstik How to pronounce drumstick (audio)
1
: a stick for beating a drum
2
: the segment of a fowl's leg between the thigh and tarsus

Examples of drumstick in a Sentence

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Wells also said his illness wasn’t chicken wing-related after flats and drumsticks sidelined Cody Bellinger during the Yankees’ last road trip. Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 18 Apr. 2025 The chickens that produce eggs are not the same chickens that become wings, tenders, breasts, and drumsticks. Addy Bink, The Hill, 16 Feb. 2025 Barker taught him how to twirl drumsticks and gave Grayson a drum pad. Tyler Kingkade, NBC News, 25 Jan. 2025 Cut a piece of kitchen twine and tie the legs together at the drumstick ends. Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 24 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for drumstick

Word History

First Known Use

1589, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of drumstick was in 1589

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“Drumstick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drumstick. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.

Kids Definition

drumstick

noun
drum·​stick ˈdrəm-ˌstik How to pronounce drumstick (audio)
1
: a stick for beating a drum
2
: the lower part of a fowl's leg

Medical Definition

drumstick

noun
drum·​stick -ˌstik How to pronounce drumstick (audio)
: a small projection from the cell nucleus that occurs especially in neutrophils of the normal human female and is comprised of an inactivated condensed X chromosome
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