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pałka — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • baton noun A short stick used by a police officer as a weapon or by a conductor to lead an orchestra.
  • bludgeon noun A short, heavy club used as a weapon.
  • cudgel noun A short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon.
  • stick noun A thin piece of wood, especially a fallen branch or twig.

Senses

pałka is used for these senses in English:

  • baton (military) A ceremonial staff of a field marshal or a similar high-ranking military office.
  • 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.
  • cattail (US, historically, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire) Any of several perennial herbs, of the genus Typha, that have long flat leaves, and grow in marshy places.
  • cudgel A short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon.
  • stick A relatively long, thin piece of wood, of any size.

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.

bludgeon — full definition

  1. noun A short, heavy club used as a weapon.
  2. verb To hit someone repeatedly and violently with a heavy object.
  3. verb To force someone into doing something through pressure or intimidation.

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