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
  • Some pushed against barricades and scuffled with police, who responded by firing tear gas rounds, using water cannon and beating them with batons, TV footage showed.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 11 Aug. 2026
  • For 15 minutes, officers used batons and stun guns to subdue King.
    — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of batons
Noun
  • Others are blind or paraplegic, using wheelchairs, walkers or canes, like her.
    — Rachel Hale, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Victim 2, who is a Miami-Dade Fire Rescue employee according to the New York Times, was repeatedly struck with canes and paddles and bled through his underwear and pants because of lacerations to his buttocks, according to the warrant.
    — Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026
Definition of canes
Noun
  • During an autopsy, a pathologist threaded flexible rods through some of the holes in order to track the bullets’ trajectory.
    — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Workers pack the fuel rods inside cast-iron structural inserts, which sit within thick copper outer canisters.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of rods
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
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
  • The ratings do not consider personnel changes on the roster or coaching staffs.
    — Loren Maxwell, AJC.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The Pittsburgh Penguins announced the coaching staffs for their American Hockey League and ECHL affiliates ahead of the 2026-27 season.
    — Garrett Behanna, CBS News, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of staffs
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“Knobkerries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knobkerries. Accessed 16 Aug. 2026.

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