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Meaning:

Noun:

  • countable A long obstacles in their path.
  • countable A short rod or stick, traditionally of wood or bamboo, used for corporal punishment.
  • countable A strong short staff used for support during walking; a walking stick.
  • glassblowing A length of colored and/or patterned glass rod, used in the specific glassblowing technique called caneworking.
  • uncountable Corporal punishment by beating with a cane; the cane.
  • Southern Sometimes applied to maize or rarely to sorghum when such plants are processed to make molasses (treacle) or sugar.
  • uncountable The plant itself, including many species in the Grass family ''Gramineae''; a reed.
  • uncountable The slender, flexible main stem of a plant such as bamboo, including many species in the Grass family ''Gramineae''.

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Proper noun:

  • Canadian English

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Verb:

  • slang|_|third person only It hurts.
  • slang To do something well, in a competent fashion.
  • slang To strike or beat, notably with a cane or similar implement; to destroy.

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