nightstick
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++night·stick /ˈnaɪtˌstɪk/ noun [countable] American English PMWSCPa short thick stick carried as a weapon by police officers 警棍 SYN British English truncheon
Examples from the Corpus
nightstick• It looked like a nightstick now.• The city - it is the city that will have to heal them, with knifeblade and automobile, nightstick, gunshot.• The string of blackshirts was re-deployed, four spotlights had them caught in a box of gauzy light, their nightsticks fisted.• The police block us with their nightsticks.• Police responded with nightsticks and pepper spray, further inflaming the crowd.night·stick nounChineseSyllable
a as Corpus a stick short thick carried
nightstick
night‧stick /ˈnaɪtˌstɪk/
noun [countable] American English
a short thick stick carried as a weapon by police officers
SYN truncheon British English
night‧stick /ˈnaɪtˌstɪk/
noun [countable] American Englisha short thick stick carried as a weapon by police officers
SYN truncheon British English