Home › Words › M › musicstickmusicstickmusicstick means A kind of drumstick used by striking one against another, to maintain rhythm in Aboriginal voice chants.EtymologyFrom music + stick.nounA kind of drumstick used by striking one against another, to maintain rhythm in Aboriginal voice chants.e.g.“The camp was silent save for clicking of music-sticks in the distant native camp […]” — 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter VI, in Capricornia, page 88:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.clapstick 82% match — A kind of drumstick used by striking one against another, to maintain rhythm in Aboriginal voice chants. vs musicstick →drumstick 69% match — A stick used to play drums. vs musicstick →mouthstick 63% match — A rodlike prop used by jugglers, held between the teeth and primarily used for balancing objects on. vs musicstick →sticksmanship 63% match — The art or skill of a drummer in popular music. vs musicstick →yamstick 62% match — A rod-shaped implement used by the aboriginal people of Australia to dig yam and as a combat weapon. vs musicstick →handstick 61% match — A stick held in the hand and used in juggling disciplines such as devil sticks, flower sticks, diabolo, etc. vs musicstick →fiddlestick 60% match — One of a pair of sticks, similar to drumsticks, used by a second player to percuss the strings of a fiddle while the main player plays via bow. vs musicstick →sticking 59% match — A sequence or arrangement of drum notes to be played with drumsticks. vs musicstick →