"fire-stick" meaning in All languages combined

See fire-stick on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: fire-sticks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fire-stick (plural fire-sticks)
  1. A gun or cannon, especially a rifle. Originally used by or ascribed to members of non-European cultures or anthropomorphized animals describing firearms. Categories (topical): Firearms Translations (rifle): tulikeppi (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-fire-stick-en-noun-HdymkYb1 Disambiguation of Firearms: 96 4 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: 69 31 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of 'rifle': 97 3
  2. Alternative form of firestick Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: firestick
    Sense id: en-fire-stick-en-noun-2A1pxdZL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: thunderstick

Inflected forms

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