throwing stick

Questions about throwing stick

What does throwing stick mean?

throwing stick means "a device resembling a sling that is used in various primitive societies to propel a dart or spear". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for throwing stick?

Close synonyms include throwing board, spear thrower, dart thrower, boomerang, throw stick. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is throwing stick a common word?

throwing stick is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.