From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Daily lifejoss stickjoss stick /ˈdʒɒs ˌstɪk $ ˈdʒɑːs-/ noun [countable]DRa stick of incenseExamples from the Corpusjoss stick• She lit a joss stick, waved it about and set it down in an ashtray.Originjoss stick(1800-1900)joss“Chinese figure of a god, luck”((18-20 centuries)), from Pidgin English, from Portuguesedeus“god”