"fighting stick" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fighting sticks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fighting stick (plural fighting sticks)
  1. A handheld wooden weapon found in many cultures, used in fighting, dispute‑settling, ritualised combat, training, and related practices.
    Sense id: en-fighting_stick-en-noun-xoyy4Wlw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Weapons Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 70 30 Disambiguation of Weapons: 80 20
  2. An elongate grip to move in a videogame.
    Sense id: en-fighting_stick-en-noun-~yUXnXI-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Computer hardware Disambiguation of Computer hardware: 0 0

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