# truncheon

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtɹʌnt͡ʃən/ · frequency rank #84,844

## Definitions
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.

## Etymology
From Middle English tronchoun, from Old French tronchon (“thick stick”), from Late Latin *troncionem, from Latin truncus.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/truncheon