truncheon

Meaning

Noun

1. A short staff, a club; a cudgel.
2. A baton, or military staff of command, now especially the stick carried by a police officer.
3. (obsolete) A fragment or piece broken off from something, especially a broken-off piece of a spear or lance.
4. (obsolete) The shaft of a spear.
5. (obsolete) A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce rapid growth.
6. (euphemistic) A penis.

Verb

To strike with a truncheon.

Synonyms

baton

club

bludgeon

cudgel

nightstick

billy

stick

billystick

billy club

bat

🦇

staff

rod

wand

cane

shillelagh

cosh

mace

blackjack

short club

lathi

scepter

shaft

shillalah

turnkey

verge

bandy

yard

stun baton

walking stick

bar

bejewel

bigwig

crook

drub

ferule

gaffer

headache

ingot

king

👑

knout

lam

penis

perch

pole

power

puzzle

quarterstaff

rumpus

Translations

matraque

Knüppel

Schlagstock

manganello

porra

garrote

sfollagente

gourdin

cassetete

Polizeiknüppel

Kommandostab

Knüttel

bâton

ρόπαλο

casse-tête

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɹʌnt͡ʃən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: tronchoun

In summary

From Middle English tronchoun, from Old French tronchon (“thick stick”), from Late Latin *troncionem, from Latin truncus.