knobkerries

noun

plural of knobkerrie
as in billy clubs

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  1. billy clubs
  2. cudgels
  3. batons
  4. canes
  5. rods
  6. nightsticks
  7. bludgeons
  8. staffs
Noun
  • After about a minute and half, Mauldin said, police began to attack the demonstrators with billy clubs.
    — Maya Miller, ProPublica, 15 May 2026
  • Mayhem erupted when the strikers were attacked with tear gas and billy clubs.
    — Heller McAlpin, Christian Science Monitor, 3 June 2025
Definition of billy clubs
Noun
  • When words lose their original meanings and are repurposed as verbal cudgels, the public sphere becomes a jungle of denunciation, intimidation, and even violence.
    — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • While the conservative pushback and Trump’s cudgels are encouraging some companies to abandon formal DEI policies, analysts say an emphasis on diversity continues and is quietly evolving beneath the surface.
    — William Becker, The Hill, 11 Aug. 2025
Definition of cudgels
Noun
  • Videos showed police beating back agitators with batons and deploying anti-riot ordnance as the demonstrators chanted against the country's conservative Alternative for Germany (AfD) party in a massive political rally.
    — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026
  • In all, 1,900 volunteer marshals, most from the East End and equipped with yellow batons, seem to be cherishing their assignments.
    — Jennifer McLogan, CBS News, 16 June 2026
Definition of batons
Noun
  • Snappers, snakes, toy pistols with caps and toy canes with caps are the only fireworks allowed.
    — Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2026
  • Then, the hydrangea grows new canes while the first round is blooming.
    — SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 29 June 2026
Definition of canes
Noun
  • In a conventional fission reactor, a uranium fuel rods are submerged inside a large vat of water.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 14 July 2026
  • The four settlers were wielding wooden and metal rods and stones.
    — Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 11 July 2026
Definition of rods
Noun
  • No shots were fired, but many were struck with nightsticks and rifle butts, and about 250 were arrested.
    — Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 21 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Definition of nightsticks
Noun
  • There’s Xi Jinping mogging Bibi Netanyahu while deafeningly aggro phonk bludgeons away; hype montages paint Marx as history’s greatest theorist and pair Zohran Mamdani quotes with Playboi Carti Die Lit cuts.
    — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
Definition of bludgeons
Noun
  • Others will argue, reasonably, that no other commercial industry staffs onboard physicians on most routes, and that the infrequency of serious events makes dedicated medical staffing hard to justify economically.
    — Sriman Swarup, STAT, 13 July 2026
  • The news and editorial staffs of the Mercury News had no role in this post’s preparation.
    — Ascend Agency, Mercury News, 13 July 2026
Definition of staffs
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“Knobkerries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knobkerries. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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