cosh
Thug's blunt weapon
A cosh is a short, heavy weapon used for striking—typically a leather-covered club or a length of metal pipe.
British in flavor, the word appears in crime fiction and accounts of street violence: The thug coshed him from behind.
To cosh someone is to hit them with such a weapon.
In mathematics, cosh is the hyperbolic cosine function.
Card game to twenty-one
- truncheonShort thick stick
- batonSlender rod for leading
- clubOrganization with membership
- nightstickPolice impact weapon
billy · sap · cudgel · shillelagh · bludgeon · mace · cane · stick
blackjack
Card game to twenty-one
nightstick · billy · sap · cudgel · shillelagh · bludgeon · mace · cane · stick · weighted
bludgeoning
Striking with weight
- strikingNoticeably impressive
- clubbingVisiting nightclubs for entertainment
- beatingRepeated striking or pulsing
assault · mugging · robbery · ambush · blow · whack · bash · thump · crack · wallop
underworld
Realm of the departed
ruffian · criminal · villain · tough · muscle · enforcer · heavy · goon · bruiser