rainstick

rainstick

English

Alternative forms

• rain stick

Etymology

rain +‎ stick

Pronunciation

• enPR: rānstĭk, IPA^(key): /ˈreɪnstɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɪk

Noun

rainstick (plural rainsticks)

1. A hollow tube partially filled with pebbles or beans, and with small pins or thorns arranged helically on its inner surface, so that it produces a rain-like sound when upended.

Translations

rainstick

Bulgarian: рейнстик m (rejnstik) Catalan: pal de pluja m Chinese: Mandarin: 雨聲器 (yǔshēngqì) Czech: dešťová hůl f French: bâton de pluie (fr) m German: Regenmacher m Greek: ξύλο της βροχής n (xýlo tis vrochís) Hungarian: esőbot

Italian: bastone della pioggia m Norwegian: Bokmål: regnstav m Nynorsk: regnstav m Portuguese: pau de chuva m Russian: рейнстик (ru) m (rejnstik) Spanish: palo de lluvia m Swedish: regnpinne c Ukrainian: дощовиця f (doščovycja)

Anagrams

• trainsick