'Walking stick' definitions:
Definition of 'walking stick'
From: WordNet
noun
A stick carried in the hand for support in walking
noun
Any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies [syn: walking stick, walkingstick, stick insect]
Definition of 'Walking stick'
From: GCIDE
- Walking \Walk"ing\, a. & n. from Walk, v. [1913 Webster]
- Walking beam. See Beam, 10.
- Walking crane, a kind of traveling crane. See under Crane.
- Walking fern. (Bot.) See Walking leaf, below.
- Walking fish (Zool.), any one of numerous species of Asiatic fishes of the genus Ophiocephalus, some of which, as Ophiocephalus marulius, become over four feet long. They have a special cavity over the gills lined with a membrane adapted to retain moisture to aid in respiration, and are thus able to travel considerable distances over the land at night, whence the name. They construct a curious nest for their young. Called also langya.
- Walking gentleman (Theater), an actor who usually fills subordinate parts which require a gentlemanly appearance but few words. [Cant]
- Walking lady (Theater), an actress who usually fills such parts as require only a ladylike appearance on the stage. [Cant]
- Walking leaf. (a) (Bot.) A little American fern ({Camptosorus rhizophyllus}); -- so called because the fronds taper into slender prolongations which often root at the apex, thus producing new plants. (b) (Zool.) A leaf insect. See under Leaf.
- Walking papers, or Walking ticket, an order to leave; dismissal, as from office; as, to get one's walking papers, i. e. to be dismissed or fired. [Colloq.] --Bartlett.
- Walking stick. (a) A stick or staff carried in the hand for hand for support or amusement when walking; a cane. (b) (Zool.) A stick insect; -- called also walking straw. See Illust. of Stick insect, under Stick.
- Walking wheel (Mach.), a prime mover consisting of a wheel driven by the weight of men or animals walking either in it or on it; a treadwheel. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'walking stick'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- advocate,
- alpenstock,
- arm,
- athletic supporter,
- back,
- backbone,
- backing,
- bandeau,
- baton,
- bearer,
- bra,
- brace,
- bracer,
- bracket,
- brassiere,
- buttress,
- cane,
- carrier,
- cervix,
- corset,
- crook,
- crosier,
- cross,
- cross-staff,
- crutch,
- crutch-stick,
- foundation garment,
- fulcrum,
- girdle,
- guy,
- guywire,
- handstaff,
- jock,
- jockstrap,
- lituus,
- mainstay,
- maintainer,
- Malacca cane,
- mast,
- neck,
- pastoral staff,
- paterissa,
- prop,
- quarterstaff,
- reinforce,
- reinforcement,
- reinforcer,
- rest,
- resting place,
- rigging,
- shillelagh,
- shoulder,
- shroud,
- spine,
- sprit,
- staff,
- standing rigging,
- stave,
- stay,
- stick,
- stiffener,
- strengthener,
- support,
- supporter,
- sustainer,
- swagger stick,
- swanking stick,
- upholder