rod

rod
n
1. stick, staff, pike, baton, cane, alpenstock, crook, crutch; switch, rattan, crop, quirt; scepter, wand, crosier, standard, caduceus; dowel, shaft, pole, post, stake, picket, stanchion, Cricket. stump; bar, rack, bracket, crosspiece, tube.
2. switch, cane, birch, whip, scourge, cat-o'-ninetails, cat, lash, cowhide, thong; cudgel, truncheon, knout.
3. correction, discipline, punishment, chastisement, castigation, scourge, chastening, reprimand, reproof.
4. domination, suppression, control, grip, grasp, hold, dictatorship, tyranny, despotism, absolutism, imperialism, oppression; rule, authority, sway, dominion, sovereignty, supremacy ascendancy, supreme power; suzerainty, hegemony, lordship, regency, regnancy; command, mastery, jurisdiction.
5.Slang. pistol, gun, revolver, Inf. 44, Inf. six-shooter, Inf. shooting iron. See gun(def. 1).

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