nunchaku

nunchaku
/nun chah"kooh/, n.
Sometimes, nunchakus. an Oriental hand weapon for defense against frontal assault, consisting of two foot-long hardwood sticks joined by a chain or thick cord that stretches to body width.
Also, nun-chucks /nun"chuks'/. Also called karate sticks.
[1965-70; < Okinawan Japn version of a dial. Chin (Taiwan) word for a farm implement, prob. neng-cak, equiv. to Chin lyang pair(ed) + záo dig (a hole), i.e., two diggers; with 2nd element interpreted as zat, equiv. to Chin jié section]

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