sticking

• IPA^(key): /ˈstɪkɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɪkɪŋ

sticking

1. present participle and gerund of stick

sticking (plural stickings)

1. A sequence or arrangement of drum notes to be played with drumsticks.
   • 1997, Gary Cook, Teaching percussion, page 72:

     Too often the beginning student finds it more difficult to observe the stickings when reading single beats or duple beat divisions (e.g., quarter notes and eighth notes in 4/4 time) than if he or she alternated freely from hand to hand.

2. (historical, in the plural) Coarse, bruised, or damaged meat sold to the makers of sausages, pies, etc.
   • 1823, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Papers: 1780-1849, volume 5, page 48:

     six ounces of clods and stickings boiled

• (coarse meat): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

• tickings