stick with which to beat (someone)

: a woody piece or part of a tree or shrub: such as

: a usually dry or dead severed shoot, twig, or slender branch

: a cut or broken branch or piece of wood gathered for fuel or construction material

: to hit or propel (something, such as a hockey puck) with a stick

: to pierce with something pointed : stab

: to kill by piercing

: to push or thrust so as or as if to pierce

: a thrust with a pointed instrument : stab

: delay, stop

: impediment

: to strike repeatedly:

: to hit repeatedly so as to inflict pain

: to walk on : tread

: a single stroke or blow especially in a series

: a sound produced by or as if by beating (see ¹beat)

: a driving impact or force

: being in a state of exhaustion : exhausted

: sapped of resolution or morale

: of, relating to, or being beatniks

: beatnik

: some person : somebody