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påk — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cudgel noun A short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon.
  • truncheon noun A short heavy stick used as a weapon, especially the baton carried by police.

Senses

påk is used for these senses in English:

  • cudgel A short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon.
  • truncheon A short staff, a club; a cudgel.

cudgel — full definition

  1. noun A short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon.
  2. noun Anything that can be used as a threat to force one's will on another.

truncheon — full definition

  1. noun A short heavy stick used as a weapon, especially the baton carried by police.
  2. noun A broken-off piece of something, such as the shaft of a spear or lance.

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