musicstick

See also: music-stick

English

Alternative forms

• music-stick

Etymology

music +‎ stick

Pronunciation

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Noun

musicstick (plural musicsticks)

1. (Australia) A kind of drumstick used by striking one against another, to maintain rhythm in Aboriginal voice chants.
   • 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter VI, in Capricornia‎^[1], page 88:

     The camp was silent save for clicking of music-sticks in the distant native camp […]

Synonyms

• (drumstick) clapper
• (drumstick) clapstick