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In the United States, a truncheon is commonly referred to as a "nightstick" or "baton." These terms are often used to describe the extendable police tools carried by law enforcement for self-defense and crowd control. The word "baton" is also used in various contexts, including in sports and performances.

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The British call it a truncheon - what do American's call it?

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What does truncheons mean?

A truncheon is a police officer's baton or stick.


What is another name for night stick?

truncheon


Another word for cudgel?

Club, truncheon, stick...


How do you use the word truncheons in a sentence?

A truncheon is a short stick carried as a weapon. The policeman had to use his truncheon to beat off the criminal.


How would you use truncheon in a sentence?

= Truncheon =truncheon (plural truncheons) # (Weapon) A short staff, a club; a cudgel ; a shaft of a spear. #: Quotations #:* 1786: One is a large ball of iron, fastened with three chains to a strong truncheon or staff of about two feet long; the other is of mixed metal, in the form of a channelled melon, fastened also to a staff by a triple chain; these balls weigh eight pounds. - Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 52. #:* With his truncheon he so rudely struck. Spenser. # A baton, or military staff of command. #: Quotations #:* 1604: Not the king's crown, nor the deputed sword, The marshal's truncheon, nor the judge's robe, Become them with one half so good a grace As mercy does. - William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, Act II, Scene II, line 60. # A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce rapid growth.


What is the proper definition for truncheon?

A truncheon can be defined as a club or a thick heavy stick used to beat or push. This word is considered somewhat archaic in today's modern world however.


What do the Americans call thongs?

Americans call a thong a thong.


What do the french call Americans in slang terms?

they call Americans Pigs


What to Americans call a tap?

Americans call a tap a FAUCET. Your welcome!


What an antonym for the word Truncheon?

i have no idea I think it would be like a gun


What is the weapon carried as part of the English costume?

if you mean police, a Truncheon