thunderstick
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A gun or cannon, especially a rifle, as seen from the imagined perspective of an uncivilized person or an animal.
Example Sentences
- "The man pointed his thunderstick at the buffalo, and with a great noise and fire, the buffalo fell down dead."
- "We sneaked into the soldiers' camp, and stole five thundersticks."
- "...the Men, when they hunt us with their arrows or a thunder-stick which strikes with a loud noise..."
- "Two men with beards... carrying thundersticks... were in the village above..."
- "We have heard that they have magic thunder sticks; that all they need do is point the stick at a man and thunder and lightning comes out of it and the man dies."
- "(Two bears discussing a rifle found lying on the ground): Thunderstick? ...You actually said 'Thunderstick?'... That, my friend, is a Winchester 30.06."
Etymology
From thunder + stick. Originally used by or ascribed to members of non-European cultures or anthropomorphized animals describing firearms.