drumstick

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a stick used for striking a drum or similar percussion instrument

   The drummer raised each drumstick before beginning the march.

2. 2
   noun

   the lower joint of a chicken's or other bird's leg, especially when served as food

   He chose a roasted drumstick from the serving dish.

3. 3
   noun

   the long edible pod of the moringa tree, or the tree that produces it

   The curry contained sliced drumstick and coconut milk.

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A compound of drum + stick, first naming the implement used to strike a drum. The poultry sense arose from the lower leg's resemblance to that implement. Drumstick also became an English name for the moringa tree and its long, slender edible pods.

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