Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shooting stick

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.47 in modern English

Syllables: shoot-ing -stick
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A walking stick that has a spike at one end, and a handle that unfolds into a simple seat; used as a short-term seat at outdoor events.

noun

A portable weapon mount used by field shooters, like hunters, snipers and metallic silhouette black-powder rifle shooters, similar to a monopod, bipod or tripod, with one, two or three legs.

noun

A printer's tool to be struck with a mallet for driving quoins.

Example Sentences

"‘Moi, j'adore le “Dry”,’ a bright-faced girl at the next table said to her companion, too neat in his unseasonable tweeds, who gazed at her with moist brown eyes over the top of an expensive shooting-stick from Hermes, ‘fait avec du Gordon's, bien entendu.’"

Inflected Forms

shooting sticks (plural)

Questions

What does shooting stick mean?: A walking stick that has a spike at one end, and a handle that unfolds into a simple seat; used as a short-term seat at outdoor events.

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