"musicstick" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-musicstick.ogg Forms: musicsticks [plural]
Etymology: From music + stick. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|music|stick}} music + stick Head templates: {{en-noun}} musicstick (plural musicsticks)
  1. (Australia) A kind of drumstick used by striking one against another, to maintain rhythm in Aboriginal voice chants. Tags: Australia Synonyms: clapper (alt: drumstick), clapstick (alt: drumstick), music-stick
    Sense id: en-musicstick-en-noun-1wRZmCmg Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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