truncheon

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Synonyms: luncheon, puncheon, nuncheon, scuncheon, truncheons, trench on, scruncheon

Antonyms: luncheon, puncheon, nuncheon, scuncheon, truncheons, trench on, scruncheon

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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. {{lb|en|obsolete}} A [[fragment]] or piece broken off from something, especially a broken-off piece of a [[spear]] or [[lance]].
4. {{lb|en|obsolete}} The [[shaft]] of a [[spear]].
5. {{lb|en|obsolete}} A [[stout]] [[stem]], as of a [[tree]], with the [[branch]]es [[lop]]ped off, to produce [[rapid]] [[growth]].
6. {{lb|en|euphemistic}} A [[penis]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To strike with a truncheon.

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