Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sticksman

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sticks-man
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A male drummer.

Example Sentences

"This book reveals how drummers used the established drum kit when rock'n'roll first arrived, and how in the decades that followed players from D. J. Fontana with Elvis Presley to Police sticksman Stewart Copeland combined existing playing techniques to expand rock drumming."
"Conceived by former Ramsey Lewis sticksman Maurice White, a blend of exquisite vocals and hackle-raising horn arrangements..."
"At sixteen, the confident Wilson answered a Melody Maker advertisement, replacing former sticksman Mick Brownlee in Parlophone R & B band The Paramounts..."

Etymology

From sticks + -man.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: sticks

Inflected Forms

sticksmen (plural)

Derived Forms

sticksmanship

Synonyms

stickman

Questions

What does sticksman mean?: A male drummer.
Where does sticksman come from?: From sticks + -man.

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