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Definitions for Cudgel

[1] a short, thick stick used as a weapon; club.
[2] to strike with a cudgel; beat.
[3] cudgel one's brains , to try to comprehend or remember: I cudgeled my brains to recall her name.
[4] take up the cudgels , to come to the defense or aid of someone or something.
[5] a short stout stick used as a weapon
[6] take up the cudgels (often foll by for or on behalf of ) to join in a dispute, esp to defend oneself or another
[7] (tr) to strike with a cudgel or similar weapon
[8] cudgel one's brains to think hard about a problem

Words related to Cudgel

truncheon, nightstick, mace, bat, cane, club, rod, bludgeon, switch, stick, paddle, sap, blackjack, bastinado, ferule, shillelagh, cosh, billy, birch, shill

Words nearby Cudgel

cudahy, cudbear, cuddle, cuddly, cuddy, cudgel, cudgel one's brains, cudgerie, cudjo, cudlipp, cudweed

Origin of Cudgel

before 900; Middle English cuggel, Old English cycgel; akin to German Kugel ball

Other words from Cudgel

cudg·el·er ; especially British , cud·gel·ler , noun
un·cudg·eled , adjective
un·cudg·elled , adjective

Word origin for Cudgel

Old English cycgel; related to Middle Dutch koghele stick with knob

Synonyms for Cudgel

nightstick, truncheon, bastinado, bat, billy, birch, blackjack, bludgeon, cane, club, cosh, ferule, mace, paddle, rod, sap, shill, shillelagh, stick, switch, billyclub, spontoon