"throwing stick" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: throwing sticks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} throwing stick (plural throwing sticks)
  1. A wooden tool used to throw a dart, spear or other missile; a spear thrower; (Australia) a woomera. Categories (topical): Weapons
    Sense id: en-throwing_stick-en-noun-yD0cktdw Disambiguation of Weapons: 61 39 Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 48 52
  2. A simple weapon consisting of a stick (often curved) that is thrown, often so that it spins in flight; an early type of boomerang. Related terms: atlatl, spear thrower, throw stick, woomera Translations (stick that is thrown as a weapon): werphout [neuter] (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-throwing_stick-en-noun-ErxLQX0B Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 48 52 Disambiguation of 'stick that is thrown as a weapon': 18 82

Inflected forms

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