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truncheoning

truncheoning is the present participle and gerund of truncheon.

Meaning of truncheon

Verb

truncheon (third-person singular simple present truncheons, present participle truncheoning, simple past and past participle truncheoned)

  1. (transitive) To strike with a truncheon.
    • If captains were of my wind they would truncheon you outc. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […]...

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Questions about truncheoning

What is truncheoning the present participle and gerund of?
Truncheoning is the present participle and gerund of truncheon.

Words near truncheoning in the dictionary

  1. truncheoned
  2. truncheoneer
  3. truncheoneers
  4. truncheoner
  5. truncheoners
  6. truncheoning
  7. truncheons
  8. trunches
  9. trunci
  10. trunck
  11. truncks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: truncheoning (page history and authors); truncheon (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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