ugly stick (English, noun)
expansion: ugly stick (plural ugly sticks)
Senses:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A traditional Newfoundland musical instrument fashioned from household and toolshed items, typically a mop handle attached with bottle caps, small bells, tin cans, etc., which are struck with a drumstick while one end of the handle is hit against the floor.
tags: Canada
glosses: A notional stick with which unattractive people are said to have been hit, causing them to become ugly.
tags: US
humorous
slang
Forms:
form: ugly sticks
tags: plural