"boomstick" meaning in All languages combined

See boomstick on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-boomstick.ogg Forms: boomsticks [plural]
Etymology: From boom (“a log; explosion sound”) + stick. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|boom|stick|t1=a log; explosion sound}} boom (“a log; explosion sound”) + stick Head templates: {{en-noun}} boomstick (plural boomsticks)
  1. In logging, any of the larger logs chained together to create a floating boom. Translations (log chained together): litka (Finnish), puomilitka (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-boomstick-en-noun-dxpHks63 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'log chained together': 81 19
  2. (slang) Any shotgun, especially a sawed-off version. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Firearms
    Sense id: en-boomstick-en-noun-uRGSYt1n Disambiguation of Firearms: 26 74 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 32 68

Inflected forms

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