nightstick

Questions about nightstick

What does nightstick mean?

nightstick means "a short stout club used primarily by policemen".

How many syllables are in nightstick?

nightstick has 2 syllables: night-stick. The stress falls on "night". In IPA it is /ˈnaɪtˌstɪk/.

What is another word for nightstick?

Close synonyms include truncheon, baton, billy, billystick, billy club. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nightstick a common word?

nightstick is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with nightstick?

10 words rhyme with nightstick. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.