How do you use Drumstick in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like helping or portion, plus the exact meaning.
Drumstick meaning
- A stick used to play drums.
- The second joint of the legbone of a chicken or other fowl, especially as an item of food.
- The moringa or drumstick tree, Moringa oleifera, especially its slender, cylindrical pods.
Using Drumstick
- The main meaning on this page is: A stick used to play drums. | The second joint of the legbone of a chicken or other fowl, especially as an item of food. | The moringa or drumstick tree, Moringa oleifera, especially its slender, cylindrical pods.
- Useful related words include: helping, portion, serving, stick.
- In the example corpus, drumstick often appears in combinations such as: the drumstick, chicken drumstick, with drumstick.
Context around Drumstick
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 3 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 2 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Drumstick
- In this selection, "drumstick" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 20.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, chicken, chopped, roasted, super, leaves and across stand out and add context to how "drumstick" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a chicken drumstick from the and big roasted drumstick into their. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "drumstick" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with drumstick
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
At this stage, add the chopped drumstick leaves. (8 words)
But this year, the pandemic has thrown a big roasted drumstick into their plans. (14 words)
Drumstick Super Bowl Commercial 2024: 'Is There a Doctor on the Plane' Starring Eric Andre! (15 words)
This is done by holding the tip of the drumstick against the drum head and striking the stick's other end (the butt) against the rim, using the hand to mute the head. (33 words)
To the uninitiated, baby-led weaning can seem shocking and scary: You’re really just going to hand an infant with no teeth a whole chicken drumstick? (27 words)
When struck with a drumstick, the cymbals make either a short, snappy sound or a longer sustaining sandy sound depending on the position of the pedal. (26 words)
To the uninitiated, baby-led weaning can seem shocking and scary: You’re really just going to hand an infant with no teeth a whole chicken drumstick? (27 words)
This honey-chili glazed drumstick is served with a pepper jelly biscuit, because what goes better together than chicken and biscuits? (21 words)
Drumstick Super Bowl Commercial 2024: 'Is There a Doctor on the Plane' Starring Eric Andre! (15 words)
Example sentences (12)
Drumstick Super Bowl Commercial 2024: 'Is There a Doctor on the Plane' Starring Eric Andre!
To the uninitiated, baby-led weaning can seem shocking and scary: You’re really just going to hand an infant with no teeth a whole chicken drumstick?
At this stage, add the chopped drumstick leaves.
But this year, the pandemic has thrown a big roasted drumstick into their plans.
Imagine, recently there was a case of someone who was fired for stealing a chicken drumstick from the rations.
String a cooked half eaten chicken wing or drumstick across the top suspended over the liquid.
This honey-chili glazed drumstick is served with a pepper jelly biscuit, because what goes better together than chicken and biscuits?
By using the snare rim as a fulcrum you create a stroke each time you push and pull the drumstick up and down.
The drop clutch is provided with a lever that can be operated by hand or struck with a drumstick.
The roll is played with an up and down motion in which you push and pull the drumstick on and off the snare drum.
This is done by holding the tip of the drumstick against the drum head and striking the stick's other end (the butt) against the rim, using the hand to mute the head.
When struck with a drumstick, the cymbals make either a short, snappy sound or a longer sustaining sandy sound depending on the position of the pedal.
Common combinations with drumstick
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: