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CUDGEL definition: 1. a short, heavy stick used for hitting people 2. to hit someone with a cudgel 3. a short, heavy…. Learn more.
verb. cudgeled or cudgelled; cudgeling or cudgelling ˈkəj-liŋ. ˈkə-jə- transitive verb. : to beat with or as if with a cudgel. Phrases. cudgel one's brains. : to think hard (as for a solution to a problem) Synonyms. Noun. bastinado. bastinade. baton. billy club. bludgeon. cane. club. nightstick. rod. rung [ Scottish]
Cudgel definition: a short, thick stick used as a weapon; club.. See examples of CUDGEL used in a sentence.
A cudgel is a thick club or stick, used to attack or defend against an attacker. A rioting mob might be armed with cudgels. A cudgel is a rough kind of weapon — the club a police officer carries, for example, is more likely to be called a baton or a truncheon.
4 meanings: 1. a short stout stick used as a weapon 2. → See take up the cudgels 3. to strike with a cudgel or similar weapon.... Click for more definitions.
n. 1. (Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) a short stout stick used as a weapon. 2. take up the cudgels (often foll by: for or on behalf of) to join in a dispute, esp to defend oneself or another. vb, -els, -elling or -elled, -els, -eling or -eled. 3. ( tr) to strike with a cudgel or similar weapon.
A short, thick stick or club. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Synonyms: drub. drive. cane. blackjack. baton. stick. bat. club. truncheon. bastinado. weapon. stave. staff. shillelagh. bludgeon. verb. cudgeled, cudgeling, cudgelled, cudgelling, cudgels. To beat with a cudgel.
