prügeln — 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.
• drub noun Carbonaceous shale; small coal; slate, dross, or rubbish in coal.
• slog noun A long, tiring effort or period of hard, tedious work.
• slug noun A soft-bodied, shell-less land mollusk related to the snail.

Senses

prügeln is used for these senses in English:

• baton (transitive) To strike with a baton.
• drub To beat (someone or something) with a stick.
• slog To strike something with a heavy blow, especially a ball with a bat.
• slug (transitive) To hit very hard, usually with the fist.

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.

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