Truncheon

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A short stick carried by police; a billy club.
  • n. A staff carried as a symbol of office or authority; a baton.
  • n. Obsolete A heavy club; a cudgel.
  • n. Obsolete A thick cutting from a plant, as for grafting.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A fragment or piece broken off from something, especially a broken-off piece of a spear or lance.
  • n. The shaft of a spear.
  • n. A short staff, a club; a cudgel.
  • n. A baton, or military staff of command, now especially the stick carried by a police officer.
  • n. A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce rapid growth.
  • n. penis
  • v. To strike with a truncheon.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A short staff, a club; a cudgel; a shaft of a spear.
  • n. A baton, or military staff of command.
  • n. A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce rapid growth.
  • v. To beat with a truncheon.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A trunk, stock, or stump, as of a tree; hence, a tree the branches of which have been lopped off to produce rapid growth.
  • n. The shaft of a spear or lance.
  • n. A short staff; a club; a cudgel.
  • n. A baton or staff of authority; specifically, in heraldry, the staff of the earl marshal of England.
  • To beat or belabor with a truncheon or club; cudgel.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a short stout club used primarily by policemen
  • Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    club   
    Cross Reference
    bludgeon   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    cudgel    staff    dub   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    baton    cudgel    nightstick    handcuff    broadsword