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1. (n.) truncheon
the club carried by a police officer; billy.
2. truncheon
a staff representing an office or authority; baton.
3. truncheon
the shattered shaft of a spear.
4. truncheon
Obs. cudgel; bludgeon.
5. (v.t.) truncheon
Archaic. to beat with a club.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME tronchon fragment < MF < VL *trunciōnem, acc. of *trunciō, der. of
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) truncheon, nightstick, baton, billy, billystick, billy club
a short stout club used primarily by policemen
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1. (noun) truncheon
a short staff, a club; a cudgel; a shaft of a spear
2. (noun) truncheon
a baton, or military staff of command
3. (noun) truncheon
a stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce rapid growth
4. (verb) truncheon
to beat with a truncheon
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Sense: a short heavy stick, carried especially by British policemen.
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 Afrikaans: knuppel |
 Arabic: عَصا، هِراوَه |
 Bulgarian: полицейска палка |
 Brazilian: bastão |
 Czech: obušek |
 German: der Knüppel |
 Danish: knippel |
 Greek: γκλομπ |
 Spanish: porra |
 Estonian: nui |
 Farsi: باتوم |
 Finnish: patukka |
 French: matraque |
 Hebrew: אַלָה |
 Hindi: छडई |
 Croatian: pendrek |
 Hungarian: gumibot |
 Indonesian: pentungan |
 Icelandic: (lögreglu)kylfa |
 Italian: manganello |
 Japanese: 警棒 |
 Korean: 곤봉 |
 Lithuanian: lazda |
 Latvian: nūja; steks |
 Malay: cota, belantan |
 Dutch: knuppel |
 Norwegian: politikølle |
 Polish: pałka |
 Persian: باتوم |
 Pashto: سوټی، ډبی |
 Portuguese: bastão |
 Romanian: baston |
 Russian: дубинка полицейского |
 Slovak: obušok |
 Slovenian: pendrek |
 Serbian: pendrek |
 Swedish: batong |
 Thai: กระบอง |
 Turkish: cop, matrak |
 Taiwanese: (英)警棍 |
 Ukrainian: жезл; кийок поліцейського |
 Urdu: سونٹا، ڈنڈا |
 Vietnamese: dùi cui |
 Chinese: 警棍 |
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