As nouns the difference between drumstick and rimshot
is that drumstick is a stick used to play drums while rimshot is a percussive note in which the drumstick hits both the head and the rim of the drum.
drumstick
English
Noun
(
wikipedia drumstick)
(
en noun)
A stick used to play drums.
The second joint of the leg bone of a chicken or other fowl, as meat.
(India) The moringa or drumstick tree, Moringa oleifera , especially its slender, cylindrical pods.
Synonyms
* (chicken) chicken leg
Coordinate terms
* (chicken) chicken thigh, thigh
Related terms
* (chicken) drumette
rimshot
English
Alternative forms
* rim shot
Noun
(
en noun)
A percussive note in which the drumstick hits both the head and the rim of the drum.
(colloquial) A percussive sting or flourish used to punctuate a joke in a cabaret or vaudeville act.
Usage notes
* Technically, the sting used to punctuate a joke is not a rimshot. A rimshot is a particular note (as in sense 1 above); a sting is a percussive figure consisting of several notes, perhaps a roll followed by a crash cymbal. As noted above, though, colloquially, a sting is also called (term).