The meaning of Truncheon

noun

A thin stick used by a conductor to direct an orchestra or choir.

Usage examples:

He waved a hand in the air like he was holding a baton and conducting an orchestra.

noun

Any of various specially designed sticks used in races, to lead a group of musicians, or thrown in the air by people who are marching

Usage examples:

She twirls a baton as the parade passes by., he waves his fork like a conductor’s baton.

noun

A tin or enamel cooking pot with a lid and a wire handle, for use when camping.

Usage examples:

Roger had our fire going and the billy boiling

noun

Short for billy goat.

noun

A metal container used for cooking outside over a fire

noun

A gambling card game in which players try to acquire cards with a face value totalling 21 and no more.

Usage examples:

The site offers slots, roulette and animated card games including poker and blackjack.

noun

A type of card game played for money

noun

A thick stick with a heavy end, used as a weapon.

Usage examples:

Maces and spiked bludgeons

verb

Beat (someone) repeatedly with a bludgeon or other heavy object.

Usage examples:

She was found bludgeoned to death in the basement

verb

To hit someone hard and repeatedly with a heavy weapon

Usage examples:

He was bludgeoned to death.

noun

An association dedicated to a particular interest or activity.

Usage examples:

I belong to a photographic club

verb

Combine with others so as to collect a sum of money for a particular purpose.

Usage examples:

Friends and colleagues clubbed together to buy him a present

verb

Beat (a person or animal) with a club or similar implement.

Usage examples:

The islanders clubbed whales to death

noun

A thick, heavy stick or bar used as a weapon.

Usage examples:

The defendants deny having a self-loading pistol and a telescopic cosh

verb

Hit (someone) on the head with a cosh.

Usage examples:

The other coshed him and he fell unconscious

abbreviation

Hyperbolic cosine.

noun

A short, thick stick used as a weapon.

Usage examples:

The notion that peace demonstrators had arrived at a demonstration tooled-up with cudgels and sword…

verb

Beat with a cudgel.

Usage examples:

They would lie in wait and cudgel her to death

noun

A police officer's truncheon.

Usage examples:

Most police officers carry a nightstick, with only designated officers carrying sidearms.

noun

A thick heavy stick used as a weapon by police officers

noun

All the people employed by a particular organization.

Usage examples:

A staff of 600

verb

Another term for stave (sense 2).

noun

A mixture of plaster of paris, cement, or a similar material, used for temporary building work.

Usage examples:

Staff may easily be bent, sawed, bored, or nailed.

noun

A thin piece of wood that has fallen or been cut off a tree.

Usage examples:

Hayes picked up a fallen stick and twirled it idly between his fingers.

verb

Push a sharp or pointed object into or through (something).

Usage examples:

He stuck his fork into the sausage

verb

A long thin implement resembling a length of wood