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boomstick

noun

Etymology

From boom (“a log; explosion sound”) + stick.

  1. derived from *(s)teyg-✻ — “to pierce, prick, be sharp”
  2. inherited from *stikkô✻
  3. inherited from *stikkō✻
  4. inherited from sticca
  5. inherited from stikke
  6. compounded as boomstick — “boom + stick”

Definitions

  1. In logging, any of the larger logs chained together to create a floating boom.

  2. A firearm

    A firearm; especially, a shotgun, and most especially, a sawed-off version.

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