night stick

N n

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [nahyt stik]
- /naɪt stɪk/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [nahyt stik]
- /naɪt stɪk/

Definitions of night stick words

noun night stick a special club carried by a policeman; billy. 1
noun night stick a heavy baton or club carried by a policeman 0

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Origin of night stick

First appearance:

before 1885

One of the 21% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1885-90

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Parts of speech for Night stick

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Night stick

night stick popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for night stick

noun night stick

billy club — billy (def 1).
billy-club — billy (def 1).

All 2 Synonyms of night stick