chopstick
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- noun
- /ˈtʃɑːpˌstɪk/
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palillo
- At the dinner, the host provided chopsticks made of bamboo for the guests to use.
- use chopsticks
Being the first to lay down chopsticks while everyone is still eating.
- Being the first to lay down chopsticks while everyone is still eating.
- And so they started using metal chopsticks to eat.
- It's kind of like eating Cheetos with with chopsticks.
- I'm going to use a chopstick to pick up the fork.
- It looks like little chopsticks, like the the arms that caught it.
- So now he makes a point of views and chopsticks correctly.
Examples
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Fork and spoon, chopsticks or hands?
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I would grab a dish and the nearest pair of chopsticks, stack up my plate, and begin eating.
Fiction book (1992) -
And so they started using metal chopsticks to eat.
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By the time you were two, you could use chopsticks and eat by yourself.
Fiction book (1993) -
How about a little lesson in how to use chopsticks, Max?
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Bring me some chopsticks, Anita.
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Working fast with chopsticks, he adds thin slices of pork and chopped green onions.
Fiction book (1996) -
The mother and sister were deftly shoveling their noodles away with chopsticks, smiling and chatting.
Fiction book (1999) -
They used chopsticks to enjoy their sushi at the traditional Japanese restaurant.
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Can you teach me how to hold chopsticks correctly for eating noodles?
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word chopstick comes from two parts: chop and stick. One popular story says the chop part comes from a Chinese trade word meaning 'quick', and stick means 'a thin piece of wood', so you can remember chopsticks as 'quick sticks' used to pick up food.