walking stick

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walking stick

noun walking sticks · walking-stick · walkingstick

  1. A tool, such as a cane, used to ease pressure on the legs, and to aid stability, when walking. It was flood-tide along Fifth Avenue; motor, brougham, and victoria swept by on the glittering current; pretty women glanced out from limousine and tonneau; young men of his own type, silk-hatted, frock-coated, the crooks of their walking sticks tucked up under their left arms, passed on the Park si
  2. A stick insect (order Phasmida).

    Similar: alpenstock, cane, staff

  3. slang A playing card with the rank of seven.

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noun cane

Españolbastón
한국어지팡이 jipang'i
日本語杖 tsue, ステッキ sutekki
中文拐杖 guǎizhàng, 拐棍 guǎigùn, 手杖 shǒuzhàng, 青藜 qīnglí
हिन्दीछड़ी chaṛī
Kiswahilibakora
Portuguêsbengala
Françaiscanne
DeutschSpazierstock, Krückstock, Gehstock
Italianobastone, bastone da passeggio
Ελληνικάμπαστούνι bastoúni
Românăbaston
Русскийтрость trostʹ, по́сох pósox, клюка́ kljuká, па́лка pálka
Tiếng Việtba toong, gậy chống, gậy
العربيةعَصَايَة ʕaṣāya, خَيْزُرَانَة ḵayzurāna, عُكَّاز ʕukkāz, عَصَا الْمَشْي ʕaṣā l-mašy, عَصًا ʕaṣan
עבריתמַקֵל הֲלִיכָה makél halikhá

noun slang: playing card with the rank of seven

DeutschSiebener-Karte, Siebener

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@misc{walking_stick_2026,
  title = {walking stick},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/walking%20stick},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}