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Dictionary: night·stick
(nīt'stĭk') pronunciation
n.
A club carried by a police officer.


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a policeman's club
  Synonyms: truncheon, billy, billystick


Translations: Nightstick
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - politistav

Nederlands (Dutch)
knuppel

Français (French)
n. - (US) matraque

Deutsch (German)
n. - Knüppel

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ΗΠΑ) αστυνομικό κλομπ

Italiano (Italian)
manganello

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cassetete (m)

Русский (Russian)
полицейская дубинка

Español (Spanish)
n. - porra de policía

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - (polis)batong

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
看更人或警察的木棒

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 看更人或警察的木棒

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 야경봉

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 警棒

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عصا الشرطي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אלת שוטר‬


 
 
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