rhythm stick

noun

1. a small wooden stick used, especially by a child, as a simple percussive instrument in learning the rudiments of musical rhythm.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rhythm stick¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

Kath: The first 45 single I bought was Ian Dury and the Blockheads' Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick and I always feel quite proud that I bought such a cool record.

From BBC

But in the midst of the gloom came a chart-topping song of surreal lyrics and funky music that provided the perfect escape: Ian Dury and the Blockheads' Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick.

From The Guardian

Dury's message in Rhythm Stick was roughly the same as that popped in Jim Callaghan's mouth by the Sun.

From The Guardian

That man would be Fela Anikulapo Kuti, the late Nigerian singer-activist who pioneered his own sound, defined it as Afrobeat and used it as a powerful rhythm stick against the nation’s military government.

From Washington Post

They scored chart hits with Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick and Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, helped by Dury's outstanding, tongue-in-cheek talent as a lyricist.

From BBC