cudgel
11cudgel — 1. noun a short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon The guard hefted his cudgel menacingly at the inmates, the threat to swing glinted in his eye. Syn: club 2. verb to strike someone with a cudgel The officer was violently cu …
12cudgel — [ kʌdʒ(ə)l] noun a short, thick stick used as a weapon. verb (cudgels, cudgelling, cudgelled; US cudgels, cudgeling, cudgeled) beat with a cudgel. Phrases cudgel one s brain Brit. think har …
13cudgel — 1 noun 1 (C) a short thick stick used as a weapon 2 take up the cudgels to start to fight for an idea that you believe in 2 verb (T) 1 to hit someone with a cudgel 2 cudgel your brains to think very hard about something …
14cudgel — cudg•el [[t]ˈkʌdʒ əl[/t]] n. v. eled, el•ing, (esp. brit.) elled, el•ling. 1) a short, thick stick used as a weapon; club 2) to strike with a cudgel; beat • cudgel one s brains Etymology: bef. 900; ME cuggel, OE cycgel …
15cudgel — /ˈkʌdʒəl / (say kujuhl) noun 1. a short, thick stick used as a weapon; a club. –verb (t) (cudgelled or, US, cudgeled, cudgelling or, US, cudgeling) 2. to strike with a cudgel; beat. –phrase 3. cudgel one s brains …
16cudgel — n. & v. n. a short thick stick used as a weapon. v.tr. (cudgelled, cudgelling; US cudgeled, cudgeling) beat with a cudgel. Phrases and idioms: cudgel one s brains think hard about a problem. take up the cudgels (often foll. by for) make a… …
17cudgel — I. noun Etymology: Middle English kuggel, from Old English cycgel; perhaps akin to Middle High German kugele ball Date: before 12th century a short heavy club II. transitive verb ( geled or gelled; geling or cudgelling) Date: 1596 t …
18cudgel — [[t]kʌ̱ʤ(ə)l[/t]] cudgels 1) N COUNT A cudgel is a thick, short stick that is used as a weapon. 2) PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR for/against n If you take up the cudgels for someone or something, you speak or fight in support of them. The trade… …
19cudgel — I. n. Club, bludgeon. II. v. a. Cane, drub, thrash, baste, beat with a cudgel. See beat …
20cudgel — 1. noun a thick wooden cudgel Syn: club, bludgeon, stick, truncheon, baton, mace, blackjack, billy club, nightstick, shillelagh 2. verb the victim was cudgeled to death Syn: bludgeon, club, beat, batter …
