knobkerrie

noun

Definition of knobkerrienext
as in mace

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  1. mace
  2. cane
  3. cudgel
  4. baton
  5. truncheon
  6. nightstick
  7. bludgeon
  8. billy
Noun
  • An argument ensues between two of the officials that ends when the not-quite-dead man gets bonked on the head with a mace.
    David Plazas, The Tennessean, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Weapons of any kind (no knives or mace/pepper spray of any size).
    Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 1 Dec. 2024
Definition of mace
Noun
  • Hard freezes, ice, and snow will damage or break canes, making plants more susceptible to pests and disease.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The age this particular persona is supposed to represent remains ambiguous in the scene, but the Jackal uses a cane and maintains a sense of frailty in his body, both of which contribute to another visual iteration of geriatric Redmayne.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of cane
Noun
  • But what began as a protection to limit the amount of their income a tenant would spend on housing has warped into a cudgel for landlords.
    Clio Chang, Curbed, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Access to those dollars has become more of a political cudgel recently, as lawmakers in Washington have ratcheted up their scrutiny of universities.
    Zachary Schermele, USA TODAY, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of cudgel
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  • Pelosi has remained a major political force in the Democratic Party even after handing the Democratic baton in the House to Brooklyn Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, who recently won a second two-year term as minority leader.
    Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Police were able to view surveillance footage from the hospital that showed a man wearing a police-style belt that included a firearm, three magazines, a baton, medical kit and pouches for handcuffs and O.C. spray, according to the warrant affidavit.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of baton
Noun
  • It’s set 49 years in the future, a time when surveillance drones swarm the skies and shock troops keep the order, truncheons in hand.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Each side must field somewhere between two and eleven players, some of whom shall carry flattened truncheons, while others toss about leather balls.
    Simon Webster, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2023
Definition of truncheon
Noun
  • No shots were fired, but many were struck with nightsticks and rifle butts, and about 250 were arrested.
    Mark Jones, The Arizona Republic, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Some officers wielded nightsticks to force demonstrators out of the parks.
    Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2024
Definition of nightstick
Noun
  • This in turn opens up the music, changing it from a bludgeon to a balm.
    Stephen Kearse, TIME, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Conservatives have had it in for Chevron deference for a long time; given their current majority on the court, the doctrine’s death has been a foregone conclusion, awaiting only the appearance of a suitable case to use as a bludgeon.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2024
Definition of bludgeon
Noun
  • More importantly, Vance cast himself as an extraordinary exception to his fellow Appalachians, describing ’billies as encased in a toxic amber that kept them from improving their lot and left them embittered with a country that has moved on without them.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2024
  • Hip-Hop In 2013, the indie-rap lifers billy woods and Elucid joined forces to become Armand Hammer, a clear-eyed, thrilling guerrilla duo with a penchant for cutting through nonsense.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 14 June 2024
Definition of billy
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