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chopsticks [chop-stiks] ExamplesWord Origin noun (used with a singular verb)
- a harmonically and melodically simple waltz for piano played typically with the forefinger of each hand and sometimes having an accompanying part for a second player.
Origin of chopsticks 1890–95; perhaps after chopstick from the way the fingers are held chopstick [chop-stik] noun
- one of a pair of thin, tapered sticks, often of wood or ivory, held in one hand between the thumb and fingers and used chiefly in China, Japan, and other Asian countries for lifting food to the mouth.
Origin of chopstick 1690–1700; Chinese Pidgin English chop quick (see chop-chop) + stick1 Examples from the Web for chopsticks Contemporary Examples of chopsticks
Our table manners require us to use two hands to perform with less dexterity what chopsticks can do with only one.
The Strange Way We Eat: Bee Wilson’s ‘Consider the Fork’
Bee Wilson
October 13, 2012
Dieters are advised to slow down, struggle through their scrambled egg whites, with chopsticks if necessary.
Slow Eating and Weight Loss: Does the Science Support It?
Susan B. Roberts
March 17, 2011
Get your chopsticks out for these amazing Asian recipes that are perfect for your next themed dinner party.
What to Eat: Japanese Small Plates
Cookstr.com
May 18, 2010
Historical Examples of chopsticks
We always ask for chopsticks—it’s the most fun trying to use them!
Mabel Williamson
How people manage to eat rice with chopsticks will always be a mystery to me.
Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson
Chopsticks were in evidence, though the guests were not compelled to use them.
Mrs. Herbert B. Linscott
He will be expected to deal with his food with a pair of chopsticks.
John Finnemore
Another was ejected for playing ‘chopsticks’ on the piano with the edges of his hands.
Harry Leon Wilson
British Dictionary definitions for chopsticks chopsticks pl n
- a pair of thin sticks, of ivory, wood, etc, used as eating utensils by the Chinese, Japanese, and other people of East Asia
Word Origin for chopsticks C17: from pidgin English, from chop quick, of Chinese dialect origin + stick 1 Word Origin and History for chopsticks chopstick n.
also chop-stick, 1690s, sailors’ partial translation of Chinese k’wai tse, variously given as “fast ones” or “nimble boys,” first element from pidgin English chop, from Cantonese kap “urgent.” Chopsticks, the two-fingered piano exercise, is first attested 1893, probably from the resemblance of the fingers to chopsticks.