"boomstick" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-boomstick.ogg [Australia] 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 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: 23 77 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 30 70

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