drum stick

Snare player's tool

A drumstick is a stick used to strike a drum or cymbal, typically with a rounded tip.

Drumsticks also refer to the lower leg of a chicken or turkey, served as food—the shape resembles the percussion implement.

She gnawed on a fried drumstick.

Usually written as one word: drumstick.

Related

strike · sound · hit · beat · polyrhythms · music · timpani · marching band · drumette · poultry · chicken wing · chicken leg · band · rhythmic patterns · stage · ritual music · noise · ceremonial rituals

Opposites
percussion striking implements

drum stickbrush

Bristled cleaning tool

wire brush · mallet · hot rod · hand · bare hand

sound production method

drum sticksilence

Total lack of sound

muting · dampening · rest · quiet · mute

poultry portion

drum stickbreast

Upper front torso

chicken breast · white meat · turkey breast · wing · thigh

Family

drumstick, drumsticks

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G