Candlestick
noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 A holder with a socket or spike for a candle.
"Neither doe men light a candle, and put it vnder a bushell: but on a candlesticke, and it giueth light vnto all that are in the house."
- 2 a holder with sockets for candles wordnet
- 3 A gymnastics move in which the legs are pointed vertically upward.
- 4 A color-coded bar showing the open and closing prices of a stock on a candlestick chart.
- 5 The central ignition tube connecting the fuse and charge of a WWI shrapnel shell, shaped like a candle stick. British, historical, slang
"Inside the shrapnel shell was an iron bar with a flattened, broad nose. When the shell burst in the air this iron object fell to the ground and, since it came often from a great height, its fall was dangerous. The men called these candlesticks, which they much resembled."
- 1 To catch on fire, so that the chute resembles a tapered candle with a flame on top.
"Planes fell in flames, planes fell not in flames. Men fell in flames, men fell safely in their parachutes, some candlesticked."
- 2 To analyze stock behavior using Japanese candlestick charts.
"The other book I would recommend is on a technical evaluation method called “candlesticking.”"
- 3 To adorn with candlesticks.
"The Drama's altar isn't on the stage; it is candlesticked and flowered in the box-office."
- 4 To form a tall, thin, tapering shape similar to a candle.
"If cut on the individual stems at three-leaf clusters, the cane will "candlestick.""
Example
More examples"The darkest place is under the candlestick."
Etymology
From Middle English candelstik, candelstikke, from Old English candelsticca (“candlestick”), equivalent to candle + stick. Cognate with Scots candilsteke, candilstik (“candlestick”). Compare Old Norse kertastika, kertistika (“candlestick”).
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