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thunderstick

[ thuhn-der-stik ]
/ ˈθʌn dərˌstɪk /
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noun
bull-roarer.
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Origin of thunderstick

First recorded in 1960–65; thunder + stick1

Words nearby thunderstick

thunderous, thunderpeal, thunder sheet, thundershower, thundersquall, thunderstick, thunderstone, thunderstorm, thunderstrike, thunderstroke, thunderstruck
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How to use thunderstick in a sentence

  • At night the strangers again killed a duck with the "thunderstick" and drawing their canoe upon the bank made a fire.

    Shaggycoat|Clarence Hawkes
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