Cudgel
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈkʌd͡ʒəl/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cudgel is a noun meaning A short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon.
Meaning
A short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon.
More Meanings
- (figurative) Anything that can be used as a threat to force one's will on another.
- To strike with a cudgel.
- To exercise (one's wits or brains) in an effort to force a memory or solution; to rack (one's mind).
Example Sentences
The guard hefted his cudgel menacingly and looked at the inmates.
The officer was violently cudgeled down in the midst of the rioters.
Mr. Cruz has been able to use his pseudo-intellectualism and his Ivy League pedigree as a cudgel.
Then they had bouts of wrestling and of cudgel play, so that every day they gained in skill and strength.
Word Forms
- cudgels
- cudgeling
- cudgelling
- cudgeled
- cudgelled
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include beat, club, stick, blackthorn, bat, truncheon.
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