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chopstick
noun chop·stick \ˈchäp-ˌstik\
: either one of a pair of thin sticks that are used especially by people in Asia to pick up and eat food
Full Definition of CHOPSTICK
: one of a pair of slender sticks held between thumb and fingers and used chiefly in Asian countries to lift food to the mouth
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Origin of CHOPSTICK
Chinese Pidgin English chop fast + English stick
First Known Use: 1699
Rhymes with CHOPSTICK
airsick, big stick, bluetick, bootlick, boychick, brainsick, broomstick, carsick, Chadwick, chick flick, cowlick, crabstick, dabchick, deer tick, detick, dik-dik, dipstick, dog tick, drop-kick, drumstick, ear pick, firebrick, fish stick, flagstick, Fosdick, free kick, frog kick, goal kick, goldbrick, greensick, handpick, hat trick, hayrick, heartsick, homesick, ice pick, joss stick, joystick, lipstick, lovesick, matchstick, muzhik, nightstick, nitpick, nonstick, nutpick, odd trick, oil slick, Old Nick, outslick, peacenik, pigstick, pinprick, placekick, Prestwick, quick kick, redbrick, Renwick, rubric, salt lick, seasick, self-stick, shashlik, sidekick, slapstick, squib kick, Tajik, toothpick, topkick, unpick, unstick, uptick, wood tick, yardstick
CHOPSTICK Defined for Kids
chopstick
noun chop·stick \ˈchäp-ˌstik\
Definition of CHOPSTICK for Kids
: one of two thin sticks used chiefly in Asian countries to pick up and eat food
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