cudgel
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cudg·el
(kŭj′əl)n.
A short heavy stick; a club.
tr.v. cudg·eled, cudg·el·ing, cudg·els or cudg·elled or cudg·el·ling
To beat or strike with or as if with a cudgel.
[Middle English cuggel, from Old English cycgel.]
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cudgel
(ˈkʌdʒəl)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
4. cudgel one's brains to think hard about a problem
[Old English cycgel; related to Middle Dutch koghele stick with knob]
ˈcudgeller, ˈcudgeler n
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cudg•el
(ˈkʌdʒ əl)n., v. -eled, -el•ing, (esp. Brit.) -elled, -el•ling. n.
1. a short, thick stick used as a weapon; club.
v.t. 2. to strike with a cudgel; beat.
Idioms: cudgel one's brains, to try hard to comprehend or remember.
[before 900; Middle English cuggel, Old English cycgel]
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cudgel
Past participle: cudgelled
Gerund: cudgelling
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Noun | 1. | cudgel - a club that is used as a weapon bastinado - a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet club - stout stick that is larger at one end; "he carried a club in self defense"; "he felt as if he had been hit with a club" shillalah, shillelagh - a cudgel made of hardwood (usually oak or blackthorn) |
Verb | 1. | cudgel - strike with a cudgel hit - deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face" |
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cudgel
noun
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Translations
هِراوَه، نَبّوتيضْرِبُ بِالهَراوَه
kyjtlouci holí
knipleknippel
nuijaryhmysauva
bunkósbotfurkósbotfütyköshusángmegbotoz
barefli, lurkurlemja meî lurk
mušti vėzdu
nūjarungasist ar nūju/rungu
biť kyjakom
kalın sopasopa çekmeksopalamak
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cudgel
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cudgel
[ˈkʌdʒ/əl]1. n (weapon) → manganello, randello
to take up the cudgels for sb/sth (fig) → mettersi a lottare per qn/qc
to take up the cudgels for sb/sth (fig) → mettersi a lottare per qn/qc
2. vt to cudgel one's brains → scervellarsi, spremersi le meningi
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
cudgel
(ˈkadʒəl) noun a heavy stick or club.
verb – past tense, past participle ˈcudgelled , (American) ˈcudgeled – to beat with a cudgel.
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