truncheon

1. A short staff, a club; a cudgel.

   Gummiknüppel, Schlagstock

   дубинкаdubinka

   кийокkyjok, дубинкаdubynka

   a short stout club used primarily by policemen

2. A baton, or military staff of command, now especially the stick carried by a police officer.

   Schlagstock

   резиновая дубинкаrezinovaja dubinka

   гумова палицяhumova palycja, гумовий кийокhumovyj kyjok

3. (euphemistic)A penis.

4. (obsolete)A fragment or piece broken off from something, especially a broken-off piece of a spear or lance.

5. (obsolete)The shaft of a spear.

6. (obsolete)A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce rapid growth.

1. Videos shot by a variety of broadcasting companies recorded riot police bludgeoning protesters with truncheons and shocking them with stun guns.

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2. The guard's truncheon hit air. Off balance, he regained his posture to see a metal-mesh rubbish bin flying towards him.

   deDer Schlagstock des Wachmanns traf nur Luft. Sein verlorenes Gleichgewicht zurückgewonnen, sah er einen Metallgittermülleimer auf sich zufliegen. — Yorwba

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