tip of a stick

  • 21pun|gi stick — or pun|gi stake «PUHN jee», a sharpened bamboo stick two or three feet high and often dipped in dung to infect the tip, stuck into the ground at an angle so as to puncture the foot of an enemy soldier. Also, punji stick or stake. ╂[< Annamese… …

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  • 22Q-tip — [ˈkju: tıp] n trademark AmE a short stick with cotton at each end, used especially for cleaning your ears …

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  • 23Q-tip — [ kju ,tıp ] AMERICAN TRADEMARK an object used for cleaning the inside of a child s ears, nose, etc., consisting of a short plastic stick with cotton at each end …

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  • 24Q-tip — [kyo͞o′tip΄] n. [< Q Tips, a trademark for such swabs] a swab consisting of a short stick of wood, paper, or plastic with wads of cotton at one or both ends …

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  • 25Q-Tip® — /kūˈtip/ (US) noun A small paper stick with a piece of cotton wool on each end, designed for cleaning small bodily orifices …

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  • 26chewing stick — chewing stick, a piece of fibrous wood with a frayed end, widely used in Asia and Africa for removing bits of food between the teeth: »There is quite an art in using the chewing stick. First the end must be chewed until the brushlike tip is… …

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  • 27cyclic stick — A cyclic pitch control stick, or just cyclic. It is the control that changes the pitch of the rotor blades during each cycle of rotation. The cyclic is used to control the tilt of the tip plane path. See cyclic pitch control column …

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  • 28Q-Tip{™} — n a US make of small plastic stick with a pad of soft cotton on each end. Q Tips are often used for cleaning the ears but they have many other uses. * * * …

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  • 29Q-tip — noun trademark, chiefly N. Amer. a cotton swab on a small stick, used for cleaning the ears, applying make up, etc …

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  • 30clothes stick — noun : a staff or bat with forked tip for turning and handling clothes being boiled or rinsed …

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