matraque — meaning in English

English meaning

• baton noun A short stick used by a police officer as a weapon or by a conductor to lead an orchestra.
• blackjack noun A short, heavy club with a flexible handle, used as a weapon.
• bludgeon noun A short, heavy club used as a weapon.
• sap noun The watery fluid that circulates through a plant, carrying nutrients.
• truncheon noun A short heavy stick used as a weapon, especially the baton carried by police.

Senses

matraque is used for these senses in English:

• baton (music) The stick of a conductor in musical performances.
• bludgeon A short, heavy club, often of wood, which is thicker or loaded at one end.
• sap (countable, US, slang) A short wooden club; a leather-covered hand weapon; a blackjack.
• truncheon A short staff, a club; a cudgel.

baton — full definition

1. noun A short stick used by a police officer as a weapon or by a conductor to lead an orchestra.
2. noun A short rod passed from runner to runner in a relay race.

blackjack — full definition

1. noun A short, heavy club with a flexible handle, used as a weapon.
2. verb To hit someone with a blackjack or similar weapon.

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