truncheon, nightstick, baton, billy, billystick, billy club
(noun) a short stout club used primarily by policemen
Source: WordNet® 3.1
truncheon (plural truncheons)
(obsolete) A fragment or piece broken off from something, especially a broken-off piece of a spear or lance.
(obsolete) The shaft of a spear.
A short staff, a club; a cudgel.
A baton, or military staff of command, now especially the stick carried by a police officer.
(obsolete) A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce rapid growth.
(euphemistic) A penis.
truncheon (third-person singular simple present truncheons, present participle truncheoning, simple past and past participle truncheoned)
(transitive) To strike with a truncheon.
Source: Wiktionary
Trun"cheon, n. Etym: [OE. tronchoun the shaft of a broken spear, broken piece, OF.tronchon, tron, F. tron, fr. OF. & F. tronce, tronche, a piece of wood; cf. OF. trons, tros, trois; all perhaps from L. thyrsus a stalk, stem, staff. See Thyrsus, and cf. Trounce.]
1. A short staff, a club; a cudgel; a shaft of a spear. With his truncheon he so rudely struck. Spenser.
2. A baton, or military staff of command. The marshal's truncheon nor the judges robe. Shak.
3. A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce rapid growth. Gardner.
Trun"cheon, v. t.
Definition: To beat with a truncheon. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 December 2024
(noun) a forest fire fighter who is sent to battle remote and severe forest fires (often for days at a time)
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