Word: dripsticks
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: drip
sticks
Definition: Plural of dripstick. A thin hollow tube installed vertically in the bottoms of fuel tanks of many large aircraft, used to check fuel levels; now mostly superseded by the floatstick.
Morphemes:
Affix: drip
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A drop of a liquid.
Affix: stick
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Use of the stick to control the aircraft.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: stikke
Language: enm
Decoded: stikke
Meaning: stick, rod, twig
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).