CUDGEL


Meaning of CUDGEL in English

n. & v.

n. a short thick stick used as a weapon.

v.tr. (cudgelled, cudgelling; US cudgeled, cudgeling) beat with a cudgel. cudgel one's brains think hard about a problem. take up the cudgels (often foll. by for) make a vigorous defence.

[ OE cycgel, of unkn. orig. ]

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