transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkʌdʒəl ]
n. & v. --n. a short thick stick used as a weapon. --v.tr. (cudgelled, cudgelling; US cudgeled, cudgeling) beat with a cudgel. øcudgel 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.]