truncheon

Meaning of truncheon

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

verb

To strike with a truncheon.

Information about truncheon

  • The plural form of truncheon is: truncheons.
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Hyphenation of truncheon

trun-cheon

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • truncheon is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

truncheon synonyms

Meaning nightstick:

nightstick, baton, billy, billystick

Translation of truncheon

Words that rhyme with truncheon

Cutcheon, McCutcheon, Puncheon, bescutcheon, escocheon, escutcheon, hurcheon, inescutcheon, inscutcheon, lencheon, luncheon, nuncheon, pancheon, preluncheon, puncheon, putcheon, rumpuncheon, sconcheon, scuncheon, scutcheon, gumpheon, orpheon, pheon, Dodecatheon, Pantheon, Raytheon, pantheon, zoopantheon

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