sticking

Etymology

verb

1. present participle and gerund of stick

noun

1. A sequence or arrangement of drum notes to be played with drumsticks.
   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. 1997, Gary Cook, Teaching percussion, page 72
2. (historical, in the plural) Coarse, bruised, or damaged meat sold to the makers of sausages, pies, etc.
   six ounces of clods and stickings boiled 1823, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Papers: 1780-1849, volume 5, page 48