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nightstick

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of nightstick

a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment

police officers fitted out with nightsticks and handcuffs

Synonyms of nightstick

bastinado (or bastinade), bat, baton, billy, billy club, bludgeon, cane, club, cudgel, rod, rung [Scottish], sap, shillelagh (also shillalah), staff, truncheon, waddy [Australian]

Words Related to nightstick

blackjack, knobkerrie, mace

birch, crabstick, hickory, rattan, stave, switch

beetle, gavel, hammer, mallet, maul, sledgehammer

crook, crosier (or crozier), walking stick, whangee

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