Meaning of छड़ी in English

A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes; as, the baton of a field marshal; the baton of a conductor in musical performances.
An ordinary with its ends cut off, borne sinister as a mark of bastardy, and containing one fourth in breadth of the bend sinister; -- called also bastard bar. See Bend sinister.
The rod used in ramming home the charge in a muzzle-loading firearm.
A straight and slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender bar, as of wood or metal (applied to various purposes).
An instrument of punishment or correction; figuratively, chastisement.
A kind of sceptor, or badge of office; hence, figuratively, power; authority; tyranny; oppression.
A support for a fishing line; a fish pole.
A member used in tension, as for sustaining a suspended weight, or in tension and compression, as for transmitting reciprocating motion, etc.; a connecting bar.
An instrument for measuring.
A measure of length containing sixteen and a half feet; -- called also perch, and pole.
A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber.
Any long and comparatively slender piece of wood, whether in natural form or shaped with tools; a rod; a wand; a staff; as, the stick of a rocket; a walking stick.
Anything shaped like a stick; as, a stick of wax.
A derogatory expression for a person; one who is inert or stupid; as, an odd stick; a poor stick.
A composing stick. See under Composing. It is usually a frame of metal, but for posters, handbills, etc., one made of wood is used.
A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab.
To penetrate with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to stab; hence, to kill by piercing; as, to stick a beast.
To cause to penetrate; to push, thrust, or drive, so as to pierce; as, to stick a needle into one's finger.
To fasten, attach, or cause to remain, by thrusting in; hence, also, to adorn or deck with things fastened on as by piercing; as, to stick a pin on the sleeve.
To set; to fix in; as, to stick card teeth.
To set with something pointed; as, to stick cards.
To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale; as, to stick an apple on a fork.
To attach by causing to adhere to the surface; as, to stick on a plaster; to stick a stamp on an envelope; also, to attach in any manner.
To compose; to set, or arrange, in a composing stick; as, to stick type.
To run or plane (moldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by hand. Such moldings are said to be stuck.
To cause to stick; to bring to a stand; to pose; to puzzle; as, to stick one with a hard problem.
To impose upon; to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat.
To adhere; as, glue sticks to the fingers; paste sticks to the wall.
To remain where placed; to be fixed; to hold fast to any position so as to be moved with difficulty; to cling; to abide; to cleave; to be united closely.
To be prevented from going farther; to stop by reason of some obstacle; to be stayed.
To be embarrassed or puzzled; to hesitate; to be deterred, as by scruples; to scruple; -- often with at.
To cause difficulties, scruples, or hesitation.
of Tipstaff
A staff tipped with metal.
An officer who bears a staff tipped with metal; a constable.
A short staff, a club; a cudgel; a shaft of a spear.
A baton, or military staff of command.
A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce rapid growth.
To beat with a truncheon.