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 →

2) A drumstick is the lower part of the leg of a chicken or turkey, cooked and eaten. tree →

3) In some places, drumstick is a long green vegetable, the pod of the moringa tree. tree →

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 →
• The drummer twirled a drumstick in the air. tree →
• We had chicken drumsticks for dinner. tree →
• A drumstick is the leg of the chicken. tree →
• Keep a steady beat with your drumsticks. tree →
• Eat the drumstick with your fingers. tree →
• Each drummer needs 2 drumsticks, so 5 drummers need 10. tree →
• The drumsticks stiffened in Walter’s hands, and he thought now they are coming...! tree →

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.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «drumstick» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.