Synonyms of the word truncheon


TRUNCHEONBATON - BILLY - CLUB - NIGHTSTICK

truncheon

  • n. (obsolete) A fragment or piece broken off from something, especially a broken-off piece of a spear or…
  • n. (obsolete) 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. (obsolete) A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce rapid growth.
  • n. (euphemistic) A penis.
  • v. (transitive) To strike with a truncheon.

baton

  • n. A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes.
  • n. (music) The stick of a conductor in musical performances.
  • n. (sports) An object transferred by runners in a relay race.
  • n. (US) A short stout club used primarily by policemen; a truncheon (UK).
  • n. (heraldry) An abatement in coats of arms to denote illegitimacy. (Also spelled batune, baston).
  • n. (heraldry) A riband with the ends cut off, resembling a baton, as shown on a coat of arms.
  • v. To strike with a baton.

billy

  • n. A billy club.
  • n. A billy goat.
  • n. (Geordie) A good friend.
  • n. (Australia, New Zealand) A tin used by bushmen to boil tea, a billypot.
  • n. (Britain, Australia, Canada) A billycan.
  • n. (slang) A condom (from the E-Rotic song "Willy, Use a Billy… Boy").
  • n. A slubbing or roving machine.

club

  • n. A heavy stick intended for use as a weapon or playthingWp.
  • n. An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation.
  • n. A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund.
  • n. An establishment that provides staged entertainment, often with food and drink, such as a nightclub.
  • n. A black clover shape (♣), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards.
  • n. (humorous) Any set of people with a shared characteristic.
  • n. The slice of bread in the middle of a club sandwich.
  • v. (transitive) to hit with a club.
  • v. (intransitive) To join together to form a group.
  • v. (intransitive, transitive) To combine into a club-shaped mass.
  • v. (intransitive) To go to nightclubs.
  • v. (intransitive) To pay an equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense.
  • v. (transitive) To raise, or defray, by a proportional assessment.
  • v. (nautical) To drift in a current with an anchor out.
  • v. (military) To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion.
  • v. (transitive) To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end.
  • v. (transitive, military) To turn the breech of (a musket) uppermost, so as to use it as a club.

nightstick

  • n. (law enforcement) A long narrow pole-like club carried by police and security people, for use in self-defense.

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