truncheon
- Noun. (obsolete) A fragment or piece broken off from something, especially a broken-off piece of a spear or lance.
- Noun. (obsolete) The shaft of a spear.
- Noun. A short staff, a club; a cudgel.
- Noun. A baton, or military staff of command, now especially the stick carried by a police officer.
- Noun. (obsolete) A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce rapid growth.
- Noun. (euphemism) penis.
- Verb. (transitive) To strike with a truncheon.
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