truncheon
/ˈtɹʌnt͡ʃən/noun
High School
1
A short staff, a club; a cudgel.
2
A baton, or military staff of command, now especially the stick carried by a police officer.
3
A fragment or piece broken off from something, especially a broken-off piece of a spear or lance.
4
The shaft of a spear.
5
A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce rapid growth.
6
A penis.
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