stickwork

stick·work

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [stik-wurk]
- /ˈstɪkˌwɜrk/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [stik-wurk]
- /ˈstɪkˌwɜrk/

Definitions of stickwork word

noun stickwork a player's degree of competence or proficiency as a baseball batter, hockey or lacrosse player, etc.: Frequent practice improved his stickwork. 1
noun stickwork use of the stick in sports such as hockey or lacrosse 0
noun stickwork use of the sticks in drumming 0
noun stickwork skill in using a stick, as a hockey stick, drumsticks, a baseball bat, etc. 0

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Origin of stickwork

First appearance:

before 1900

One of the 17% newest English words

First recorded in 1900-05; stick1 + work

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Parts of speech for Stickwork

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Stickwork

stickwork popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 40% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

stickwork usage trend in Literature

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