candlestick

Meanings

Noun

• A holder with a socket or spike for a candle.
• A gymnastics move in which the legs are pointed vertically upward.
• A color-coded bar showing the open and closing prices of a stock on a candlestick chart.

Verb

• To catch on fire, so that the chute resembles a tapered candle with a flame on top.
• To analyze stock behavior using Japanese candlestick charts.
• To adorn with candlesticks.
• To form a tall, thin, tapering shape similar to a candle.

Origin

• From Middle English candelstik, candelstikke, from Old English candelsticca, equivalent to . Cognate with Scots candilsteke, candilstik. Compare Old Norse kertastika, kertistika.