walking stick
Americannoun
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a stick held in the hand and used to help support oneself while walking.
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Also called stick insect. Also walkingstick any of several insects of the family Phasmidae, having a long, slender, twiglike body.
noun
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a stick or cane carried in the hand to assist walking
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the usual US name for stick insect
Etymology
Origin of walking stick
First recorded in 1570–80
Example Sentences
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She said her family could not afford rents elsewhere in Lebanon, and she worried about moving her elderly parents and husband, who uses a walking stick, into a shelter.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
Around 2016, he lost the ability to play golf, a longtime passion, and relied on a walking stick.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025
It was the sitcom analogue to Conan Doyle’s “the trick,” the term for when Sherlock Holmes would dazzle Dr. Watson by telling him everything about someone just by looking at their walking stick.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2025
Striding forward, his sturdy right hand clutches a knobby wooden walking stick, cut from a tree branch and stripped.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2025
“Stop it! Stop it!” cried the manager, poking the walking stick through the bars and knocking the books apart.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
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