candlestick
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Is candlestick a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (gymnastics) A gymnastics move in which the legs are pointed vertically upward.
2. (finance) A color-coded bar showing the open and closing prices of a stock on a candlestick chart.
3. (British, military slang, historical) The central ignition tube connecting the fuse and charge of a WWI shrapnel shell, shaped like a candle stick.Examples: "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."Britishhistoricalslang
verb (English)
1. (of a parachute) To catch on fire, so that the chute resembles a tapered candle with a flame on top.Examples: "Planes fell in flames, planes fell not in flames. Men fell in flames, men fell safely in their parachutes, some candlesticked."; "Archie Jack had a second lucky escape in a later attempt when his pilot, nervous of flying over the high mountain ranges, made him jump out at a much greater altitude than was usual. What initially seemed inconsiderate saved Jack's life as his parachute 'candlesticked', ..."; "Others with chutes aflame candlesticked into the sea."
2. (investing) To analyze stock behavior using Japanese candlestick charts.Examples: "The other book I would recommend is on a technical evaluation method called “candlesticking.”"; "“You wouldn't happen to be the B. J. Devine who wrote the Devine candlestick formula?” I blurted, not thinking it could be true. Candlesticking is one of the trickier methods of charting stock."
Definition source: Wiktionary