cudgel in English
- cudgel⇄cudgel, noun, verb, -eled,-elingor (especially British)-elled,-elling.
- cudgel⇄expr. cudgel one's brains. See under brain.
- cudgel⇄expr. take up the cudgels for, to defend strongly.
Ex. His wife had taken up the cudgels for her friend (Anthony Trollope). - cudgel⇄noun a short, thick stick used as a weapon; club.
- cudgel⇄noun cudgeler.
- cudgel⇄v.t. to beat with or as if with a cudgel.
Ex. If he were here, I would cudgel him like a dog (Shakespeare).