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cudgel
[ kuhj-uhl ]
noun
- a short, thick stick used as a weapon; club.
verb (used with object)
- to strike with a cudgel; beat.
cudgel
/ ˈ°ìÊŒ»åÏôÉ™±ô /
noun
- a short stout stick used as a weapon
- take up the cudgelsoften foll byfor or on behalf of to join in a dispute, esp to defend oneself or another
verb
- tr to strike with a cudgel or similar weapon
- cudgel one's brainsto think hard about a problem
Derived Forms
- ˈ³¦³Ü»å²µ±ð±ô±ô±ð°ù, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³¦³Ü»å²µî€½Ä±ô·±ð°ù especially British, ³¦³Ü»åg±ð±ô·±ô±ð°ù noun
- ³Ü²Ô·³¦³Ü»å²µî€½Ä±ô±ð»å adjective
- ³Ü²Ô·³¦³Ü»å²µî€½Ä±ô±ô±ð»å adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of cudgel1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of cudgel1
Idioms and Phrases
- cudgel one's brains, to try to comprehend or remember:
I cudgeled my brains to recall her name.
- take up the cudgels, to come to the defense or aid of someone or something.
Example Sentences
None of which made it a less effective cudgel.
These are the worst Americans of all, motivated not by love of country but rather fear of newcomers, whose ways they seek to extinguish under the cloak of patriotism and the cudgel of the law.
Racial zoning policy spread across the Midwest and became a cudgel to sweep away those considered undesirable.
The left should take the Stars and Stripes back from the right, which wields it like a cudgel or wears it as gauche fashion statement a la Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
The Cold War-era cudgel aimed at winning over the hearts and minds of the developing world stonewalled Musk's auditors when they requested documents they did not have clearance to view.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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