cudgel
121bat — as in ‘cricket bat’ [OE] and bat the animal [16] come from entirely different sources. Bat the wooden implement first appears in late Old English as batt ‘cudgel’, but it is not clear where it ultimately came from. Some have postulated a Celtic… …
122garotte — [17] Garotte is widely used simply for ‘strangle’, but its strict application is to a former Spanish method of capital punishment by strangulation or breaking the neck, in which a metal collar was screwed increasingly tight. It got its name from… …
123bat — {{11}}bat (n.1) a stick, a club, O.E. *batt cudgel, perhaps from Celtic (Cf. Ir. and Gael. bat, bata staff, cudgel ), influenced by O.Fr. batte, from L.L. battre beat; all from PIE root *bhat to strike. Also a lump, piece (mid 14c.), as in… …
124club — I. n. 1. Bludgeon, cudgel. 2. Association, society, company, set, fraternity, sodality, cotérie. II. v. n. 1. Form a club, unite in a club. 2. Co operate, unite together, act in concert, club together. 3. Contribute, unite to share expenses, make …
125bludgeon — 1. noun hooligans wielding bludgeons Syn: cudgel, club, stick, truncheon, baton; nightstick, billy club, blackjack 2. verb he was bludgeoned to death Syn: batter, cudgel, club, beat, thrash; clobber …
126club — I noun 1) a canoeing club Syn: society, association, organization, institution, group, circle, band, body, ring, crew; alliance, league, union 2) the city has great clubs Syn …
127bat — I n 1. stick, racket, mallet; club, shaft, staff, cudgel, bludgeon, truncheon, cane. 2.Informal. stroke, bang, hit, smack, rap, knock, buffet, blow, cuff, Inf. wallop, slam, swat, slap, whack, thwack, Inf. sock, Inf. whop, Inf. lick, Sl.… …
128bludgeon — n 1. club, cudgel, night stick, Inf. billy, Inf. billy club, Brit. truncheon; blackjack, Sl. sap. v 2. club, cudgel, strike, hit, Sl. clout, beat, Inf. beat on; fell, knock down, beat up, beat senseless, Inf. clobber, Sl. sap. See beat (defs.1,… …
