Home › Words › T › thunderstickthunderstickthunderstick means A gun or cannon, especially a rifle, as seen from the imagined perspective of an uncivilized person or an animal.EtymologyFrom thunder + stick. Originally used by or ascribed to members of non-European cultures or anthropomorphized animals describing firearms.nounA gun or cannon, especially a rifle, as seen from the imagined perspective of an uncivilized person or an animal.e.g.“The man pointed his thunderstick at the buffalo, and with a great noise and fire, the buffalo fell down dead.”A narrow plastic balloon that is used as a promotional noise maker by hitting one against another.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).