walking stick

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noun

a stick held in the hand and used to help support oneself while walking.

Also walk·ing·stick .Also called stick insect. any of several insects of the family Phasmidae, having a long, slender, twiglike body.

Origin of walking stick

First recorded in 1570–80

Words nearby walking stick

walking leaf, walking line, walking on water, walking papers, walking shorts, walking stick, walking ticket, walking wounded, walk-in refrigerator, walk into, Walkman

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Example sentences from the Web for walking stick

He had a walking-stick made of the heart of sugar-pine; this he put at his side.
Creation Myths of Primitive America|Jeremiah Curtin
This projectile was discharged from a powerful air-gun—the walking-stick form—provided with a force-pump and key.
The Red Thumb Mark|R. Austin Freeman
Let me reach the age at which I have to take up a walking-stick!
Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2)|Carl Lumholtz
Mr. Dootleby threw open his coat, tightened his grasp on his walking-stick, and said, very quietly: "What are you doing?"
Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York|Lemuel Ely Quigg

"You carry those things as easy as a walking-stick," Wakefield observed, ready to reciprocate in point of compliments.
Peak and Prairie|Anna Fuller

British Dictionary definitions for walking stick

walking stick

noun

a stick or cane carried in the hand to assist walking

the usual US name for stick insect

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	walking stick
释义	walking stick SEE SYNONYMS FOR walking stick ON THESAURUS.COM noun a stick held in the hand and used to help support oneself while walking. Also walk·ing·stick .Also called stick insect. any of several insects of the family Phasmidae, having a long, slender, twiglike body. Origin of walking stick First recorded in 1570–80 Words nearby walking stick walking leaf, walking line, walking on water, walking papers, walking shorts, walking stick, walking ticket, walking wounded, walk-in refrigerator, walk into, Walkman Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for walking stick He had a walking-stick made of the heart of sugar-pine; this he put at his side. Creation Myths of Primitive America\|Jeremiah Curtin This projectile was discharged from a powerful air-gun—the walking-stick form—provided with a force-pump and key. The Red Thumb Mark\|R. Austin Freeman Let me reach the age at which I have to take up a walking-stick! Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2)\|Carl Lumholtz Mr. Dootleby threw open his coat, tightened his grasp on his walking-stick, and said, very quietly: "What are you doing?" Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York\|Lemuel Ely Quigg "You carry those things as easy as a walking-stick," Wakefield observed, ready to reciprocate in point of compliments. Peak and Prairie\|Anna Fuller British Dictionary definitions for walking stick walking stick noun a stick or cane carried in the hand to assist walking the usual US name for stick insect Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to walking stick cane, crutch, staff, stick, alpenstock, shillelagh
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walking stick

noun

Origin of walking stick

Words nearby walking stick

Example sentences from the Web for walking stick

British Dictionary definitions for walking stick

noun

Words related to walking stick