— cudgeler; esp. Brit., cudgeller , n.
/kuj"euhl/ , n. , v. , cudgeled, cudgeling , or ( esp. Brit. ) cudgelled, cudgelling .
n.
1. a short, thick stick used as a weapon; club.
2. take up the cudgels , to come to the defense or aid of someone or something.
v.t.
3. to strike with a cudgel; beat.
4. cudgel one's brains , to try to comprehend or remember: I cudgeled my brains to recall her name.
[ bef. 900; ME cuggel, OE cycgel; akin to G Kugel ball ]