Akademik

walking stick

noun

1. a stick carried in the hand for support in walking (Freq. 1)

• Hypernyms: ↑stick

• Hyponyms: ↑cane, ↑supplejack

2. any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies

• Syn: ↑walkingstick, ↑stick insect

• Hypernyms: ↑phasmid, ↑phasmid insect

• Hyponyms: ↑diapheromera, ↑Diapheromera femorata

• Member Holonyms: ↑Phasmidae, ↑family Phasmidae, ↑Phasmatidae, ↑family Phasmatidae

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noun, pl ⋯ sticks [count]

1 : a stick that is used to help someone to walk

2 US : ↑stick insect

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ˈwalking stick [walking stick walking sticks] (also stick especially in BrE) noun

a stick that you carry and use as a support when you are walking

See also: ↑stick

Useful english dictionary. 2012.