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# truncheon

noun (a truncheon, truncheons)

«truncheon» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

(UK) A short thick stick carried by police officers as a weapon; in the US it is called a nightstick or baton. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truncheon/#m1)

### In the lessons

In history lessons, Victorian police (Bobbies or Peelers) carried wooden truncheons and rattles or whistles. Today police carry batons. The word also appears in Punch and Judy shows.

### Examples

- The policeman tapped his truncheon against his hand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truncheon/#x1)
- Victorian police carried a wooden truncheon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truncheon/#x2)
- The museum has an old painted truncheon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truncheon/#x3)
- Mr Punch waved his stick like a truncheon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truncheon/#x4)
- Police today carry a baton, not a truncheon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truncheon/#x5)
- The guard held his truncheon ready. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truncheon/#x6)

### Note

Countable. UK word, a little old-fashioned. Similar: baton, club, cudgel, nightstick (US).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «truncheon» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/truncheon/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«truncheon» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/truncheon.html) on Mova free.