Meaning
1 sensesTo strike with a truncheon.
Examples
2 sentencesVideos shot by a variety of broadcasting companies recorded riot police bludgeoning protesters with truncheons and shocking them with stun guns.
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
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Middle English tronchoun, from Old French tronchon (“thick stick”), from Late Latin *From Middle English tronchoun, from Old French tronchon (“thick stick”), from Late Latin *troncionem, from Latin truncus.
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Forms
truncheons, truncheoning, truncheoned, truncheoned| Base form | truncheon · to truncheon |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | truncheons |
| Present participle | truncheoning |
| Past simple | truncheoned |
| Past participle | truncheoned |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle