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BNC: 21038 COCA: 30994

truncheon

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truncheon /ˈtrʌnʃən/ noun
plural truncheons
truncheon
/ˈtrʌnʃən/
noun
plural truncheons
Learner's definition of TRUNCHEON
[count] British
BNC: 21038 COCA: 30994

truncheon

1 of 2

noun

trun·​cheon ˈtrən-chən How to pronounce truncheon (audio)
1
a
: a police officer's billy club
c
obsolete : club, bludgeon
2
: a shattered spear or lance

truncheon

2 of 2

verb

truncheoned; truncheoning; truncheons

transitive verb

archaic
: to beat with a truncheon

Example Sentences

Noun police officers kept their hands on their truncheons
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The baton that Reagan passed to a new generation became a truncheon in Gingrich’s hands. Christopher Buckley, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2022 Not far from where those spokesmen congregate is another image, that of thousands of Afghans running a chaotic gantlet of dangers, including truncheon-wielding Taliban fighters, to make their way to the airport and escape the country. Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2021 Visitors are asked to pick up a truncheon (a thick stick carried as a weapon by police officers) to learn what happened next. Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2021 Visitors are asked to pick up a truncheon (a stick carried as a weapon by police officers) to learn what happened next. Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Apr. 2021 Student Sasha Vilks showed a reporter his legs and his back deeply bruised from truncheon blows, but told his weeping mother not to look. Yuras Karmanau, Star Tribune, 15 Aug. 2020 Some were hung on the wall and beaten with electrified truncheons. David Stavrou, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2020 Some were hung on the wall and beaten with electrified truncheons. David Stavrou, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2020 Some were hung on the wall and beaten with electrified truncheons. David Stavrou, Harper's Magazine, 30 Mar. 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English tronchoun, from Anglo-French trunchun, from Vulgar Latin *truncion-, *truncio, from Latin truncus trunk

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Verb

circa 1598, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of truncheon was in the 14th century
BNC: 21038 COCA: 30994
truncheon

noun

(especially BrE) ADJECTIVE | VERB + TRUNCHEON ADJECTIVErubber橡膠警棍VERB + TRUNCHEONbe armed with, carry配有/攜帶警棍draw抽出警棍beat sb with用警棍擊打某人Some of the prisoners were beaten with rubber truncheons.一些囚犯遭到橡膠警棍的擊打。

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