dripstick

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Synonyms: dipstick, drumstick, trapstick, lipstick, slipstick, whipstick

Antonyms: dipstick, drumstick, trapstick, lipstick, slipstick, whipstick

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|aviation}} A thin hollow [[tube]] installed [[vertical]]ly in the bottoms of [[fuel]] [[tank]]s of many large [[aircraft]], used to check fuel levels; now mostly superseded by the [[floatstick]].

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