"selfie stick" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: selfie sticks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} selfie stick (plural selfie sticks)
  1. (mobile telephony) An extendable monopod arm onto which a smartphone or camera can be mounted in order to take wide-angle photographs of oneself. Categories (topical): Mobile phones, Photography Translations (extendable arm to hold a camera): 自拍神器 (zi⁶ paak³ san⁴ hei³) (Chinese Cantonese), 自拍棒 (zi⁶ paak³ paang⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), 自拍利器 (zi⁶ paak³ lei⁶ hei³) (Chinese Cantonese), 自拍棍 (zi⁶ paak³ gwan³) (Chinese Cantonese), 自拍杆 (zi⁶ paak³ gon¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 自拍神器 (zìpāi shénqì) (Chinese Mandarin), 自拍棒 (zìpāibàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 自拍利器 (zìpāi lìqì) (Chinese Mandarin), 自拍棍 (zìpāigùn) (Chinese Mandarin), 自拍杆 (zìpāigān) (Chinese Mandarin), selfiestang [common-gender] (Danish), selfiestick [masculine] (Dutch), selfiestok [masculine] (Dutch), selfiekeppi (Finnish), perche à selfie (French), Selfie-Stange [feminine] (German), Selfie-Stab [masculine] (German), Selfiestick [masculine] (German), szelfibot (Hungarian), sjálfustöng [feminine] (Icelandic), tongsis (tongkat narsis) (Indonesian), tongkat narsis (Indonesian), asta per selfie (Italian), 自撮り棒 (jidoribō) (alt: じどりぼう) (Japanese), селфи таяқ (selfi taäq) (Kazakh), 셀카봉 (selkabong) (Korean), pau de selfie (Portuguese), bastão de selfie (Portuguese), палка для селфи (palka dlja selfi) [feminine] (Russian), palo para autofoto (Spanish), palo para selfies (Spanish), palo selfie [masculine] (Spanish), selfiepinne (Swedish), ไม้เซลฟี (máai-seel-fîi) (Thai), selfie çubuğu (Turkish), gậy tự sướng (Vietnamese), gậy tự chụp hình (Vietnamese), gậy chụp ảnh tự sướng (Vietnamese), gậy hỗ trợ tự chụp ảnh (Vietnamese)

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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "palo selfie"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "extendable arm to hold a camera",
      "word": "selfiepinne"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "máai-seel-fîi",
      "sense": "extendable arm to hold a camera",
      "word": "ไม้เซลฟี"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "extendable arm to hold a camera",
      "word": "selfie çubuğu"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "extendable arm to hold a camera",
      "word": "gậy tự sướng"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "extendable arm to hold a camera",
      "word": "gậy tự chụp hình"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "extendable arm to hold a camera",
      "word": "gậy chụp ảnh tự sướng"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "extendable arm to hold a camera",
      "word": "gậy hỗ trợ tự chụp ảnh"
    }
  ],
  "word": "selfie stick"
}

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