truncheon

trun·cheon

T0390900 (trŭn′chən)n.1. A short stick carried by police; a billy club.2. A staff carried as a symbol of office or authority; a baton.3. A thick cutting from a plant, as for grafting.4. Obsolete A heavy club; a cudgel.

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[Middle English tronchon, piece broken off, club, from Old North French, from Vulgar Latin *trunciō, *trunciōn-, from Latin truncus, trunk; see trunk.]

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trun′cheon v.

truncheon

(ˈtrʌntʃən) n1. (Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) chiefly Brit a short thick club or cudgel carried by a policeman2. a baton of office: a marshal's truncheon. 3. (Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) archaic a short club or cudgel4. (Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) the shaft of a spearvb (Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) (tr) to beat with a truncheon[C16: from Old French tronchon stump, from Latin truncus trunk; see truncate]

trun•cheon

(ˈtrʌn tʃən)

n. 1. the club carried by a police officer; billy. 2. a staff representing an office or authority; baton. 3. the shattered shaft of a spear. 4. Obs. cudgel; bludgeon. v.t. 5. Archaic. to beat with a club. [1300–50; Middle English tronchon fragment < Middle French < Vulgar Latin *trunciōnem, acc. of *trunciō, derivative of truncus trunk]

truncheon

Past participle: truncheoned
Gerund: truncheoning

Imperative
truncheon
truncheon

Present
I truncheon
you truncheon
he/she/it truncheons
we truncheon
you truncheon
they truncheon

Preterite
I truncheoned
you truncheoned
he/she/it truncheoned
we truncheoned
you truncheoned
they truncheoned

Present Continuous
I am truncheoning
you are truncheoning
he/she/it is truncheoning
we are truncheoning
you are truncheoning
they are truncheoning

Present Perfect
I have truncheoned
you have truncheoned
he/she/it has truncheoned
we have truncheoned
you have truncheoned
they have truncheoned

Past Continuous
I was truncheoning
you were truncheoning
he/she/it was truncheoning
we were truncheoning
you were truncheoning
they were truncheoning

Past Perfect
I had truncheoned
you had truncheoned
he/she/it had truncheoned
we had truncheoned
you had truncheoned
they had truncheoned

Future
I will truncheon
you will truncheon
he/she/it will truncheon
we will truncheon
you will truncheon
they will truncheon

Future Perfect
I will have truncheoned
you will have truncheoned
he/she/it will have truncheoned
we will have truncheoned
you will have truncheoned
they will have truncheoned

Future Continuous
I will be truncheoning
you will be truncheoning
he/she/it will be truncheoning
we will be truncheoning
you will be truncheoning
they will be truncheoning

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been truncheoning
you have been truncheoning
he/she/it has been truncheoning
we have been truncheoning
you have been truncheoning
they have been truncheoning

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been truncheoning
you will have been truncheoning
he/she/it will have been truncheoning
we will have been truncheoning
you will have been truncheoning
they will have been truncheoning

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been truncheoning
you had been truncheoning
he/she/it had been truncheoning
we had been truncheoning
you had been truncheoning
they had been truncheoning

Conditional
I would truncheon
you would truncheon
he/she/it would truncheon
we would truncheon
you would truncheon
they would truncheon

Past Conditional
I would have truncheoned
you would have truncheoned
he/she/it would have truncheoned
we would have truncheoned
you would have truncheoned
they would have truncheoned

truncheon

nightstick

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

truncheon - a short stout club used primarily by policemenbilly, billy club, billystick, nightstick, batonclub - stout stick that is larger at one end; "he carried a club in self defense"; "he felt as if he had been hit with a club"

truncheon

noun (Chiefly Brit.) club, staff, stick, baton, cudgel He swung his truncheon at him, knocking him to the ground.

Translations

警棍

truncheon

(ˈtrantʃən) noun a short heavy stick, carried especially by British policemen. (英)警棍 警棍