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cudgel
cudg·el C0794300 (kŭj′əl)n. A short heavy stick; a club.tr.v. cudg·eled, cudg·el·ing, cudg·els or cudg·elled or cudg·el·ling To beat or strike with or as if with a cudgel.
[Middle English cuggel, from Old English cycgel.]cudgel (ˈkʌdʒəl) n1. (Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) a short stout stick used as a weapon2. take up the cudgels (often foll by: for or on behalf of) to join in a dispute, esp to defend oneself or anothervb, -els, -elling or -elled, -els, -eling or -eled3. (tr) to strike with a cudgel or similar weapon4. cudgel one's brains to think hard about a problem[Old English cycgel; related to Middle Dutch koghele stick with knob] ˈcudgeller, ˈcudgeler ncudg•el (ˈkʌdʒ əl)
n., v. -eled, -el•ing, (esp. Brit.) -elled, -el•ling. n. 1. a short, thick stick used as a weapon; club. v.t. 2. to strike with a cudgel; beat. Idioms: cudgel one's brains, to try hard to comprehend or remember. [before 900; Middle English cuggel, Old English cycgel] cudgel
Past participle: cudgelled
Gerund: cudgelling
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| I cudgel | | you cudgel | | he/she/it cudgels | | we cudgel | | you cudgel | | they cudgel |
| Preterite |
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| I cudgelled | | you cudgelled | | he/she/it cudgelled | | we cudgelled | | you cudgelled | | they cudgelled |
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| I am cudgelling | | you are cudgelling | | he/she/it is cudgelling | | we are cudgelling | | you are cudgelling | | they are cudgelling |
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| I have cudgelled | | you have cudgelled | | he/she/it has cudgelled | | we have cudgelled | | you have cudgelled | | they have cudgelled |
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| I was cudgelling | | you were cudgelling | | he/she/it was cudgelling | | we were cudgelling | | you were cudgelling | | they were cudgelling |
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| I had cudgelled | | you had cudgelled | | he/she/it had cudgelled | | we had cudgelled | | you had cudgelled | | they had cudgelled |
| Future |
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| I will cudgel | | you will cudgel | | he/she/it will cudgel | | we will cudgel | | you will cudgel | | they will cudgel |
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| I will have cudgelled | | you will have cudgelled | | he/she/it will have cudgelled | | we will have cudgelled | | you will have cudgelled | | they will have cudgelled |
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| I will be cudgelling | | you will be cudgelling | | he/she/it will be cudgelling | | we will be cudgelling | | you will be cudgelling | | they will be cudgelling |
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| I have been cudgelling | | you have been cudgelling | | he/she/it has been cudgelling | | we have been cudgelling | | you have been cudgelling | | they have been cudgelling |
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| I will have been cudgelling | | you will have been cudgelling | | he/she/it will have been cudgelling | | we will have been cudgelling | | you will have been cudgelling | | they will have been cudgelling |
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| I had been cudgelling | | you had been cudgelling | | he/she/it had been cudgelling | | we had been cudgelling | | you had been cudgelling | | they had been cudgelling |
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| I would cudgel | | you would cudgel | | he/she/it would cudgel | | we would cudgel | | you would cudgel | | they would cudgel |
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| I would have cudgelled | | you would have cudgelled | | he/she/it would have cudgelled | | we would have cudgelled | | you would have cudgelled | | they would have cudgelled |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  cudgel - a club that is used as a weapon bastinado - a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feetclub - stout stick that is larger at one end; "he carried a club in self defense"; "he felt as if he had been hit with a club"shillalah, shillelagh - a cudgel made of hardwood (usually oak or blackthorn) | | Verb | 1. | cudgel - strike with a cudgelfustigatehit - deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face" |
cudgelnoun1. club, stick, baton, bludgeon, truncheon, cosh (Brit.), shillelagh He has slept with a cudgel by his bed since being burgled.verb1. beat, batter, thrash, thump, bang, cane, pound, bludgeon, pummel, cosh (Brit.), thwack, drub He used to cudgel his stepson like a dog.Translationscudgel (ˈkadʒəl) noun a heavy stick or club. 棍棒 棍棒 verb – past tense, past participle ˈcudgelled , (American) ˈcudgeled – to beat with a cudgel. 用棍棒打 用棍棒打cudgel
cudgel (one's) brainsTo try very hard to comprehend, solve, think of, or remember something. I was up all night cudgeling my brains for a way to pay off all my debts. She cudgeled her brains to remember the man's name.See also: brain, cudgeltake up the cudgels (for/on behalf of someone or something)To defend, show strong support for, or argue on behalf of someone or something. People from across the country are taking up cudgels on behalf of the young man being held by police. He's got plenty of money to hire a proper legal team. I don't think he needs the likes of us taking up the cudgels.See also: behalf, cudgel, of, on, someone, take, uptake up (the) cudgels against (someone or something)To prepare for or engage in a conflict against someone or something. May or may not refer to literally arming oneself. People from across the country are taking up the cudgels against the dictatorship. We have to be willing to take up the cudgels if we ever want to loosen the grip of these greedy corporations.See also: cudgel, take, uptake up arms (against someone or something)to prepare to fight against someone or something. Everyone in the town took up arms against the enemy. They were all so angry that the leader convinced them to take up arms.See also: arm, take, uprack one's brainAlso, cudgel one's brains. Strain to remember or find a solution, as in I've been racking my brain trying to recall where we put the key, or He's been cudgeling his brains all day over this problem. The first term, first recorded in 1583 as rack one's wit, alludes to the rack that is an instrument of torture, on which the victim's body was stretched until the joints were broken. The variant, from the same period, uses cudgel in the sense of "beat with a cudgel" (a short thick stick). Shakespeare used it in Hamlet (5:1): "Cudgel thy brains no more about it, for your dull ass will not bend his pace with beating." Also see beat one's brains out. See also: brain, racktake up armsAlso, take up the cudgels. Become involved in a conflict, either physical or verbal, as in The Kurds took up arms against the Iranians at least two centuries ago, or Some believe it's the vice-president's job to take up the cudgels for the president. The first term originated in the 1400s in the sense of going to war. The variant, alluding to cudgels as weapons, has been used figuratively since the mid-1600s and is probably obsolescent. See also: arm, take, uptake up the cudgels or take up the cudgel If you take up the cudgels for someone or take up the cudgel for them, you speak or fight in support of them. The trade unions took up the cudgels for the 367 staff who were made redundant. We are hoping that the government will take up the cudgel on our behalf. Note: A cudgel was a short, thick stick that was used as a weapon in the past. See also: cudgel, take, upcudgel your brain (or brains) think hard about a problem. This expression was used by Shakespeare in Hamlet: ‘Cudgel thy brains no more about it’.See also: brain, cudgeltake up the cudgels start to support someone or something strongly.See also: cudgel, take, uptake up the ˈcudgels for somebody/something, take up the cudgels on behalf of somebody/something (old-fashioned, written) start to defend or support somebody/something: The local newspapers have taken up the cudgels on behalf of the woman who was unfairly dismissed from her job because she was pregnant.A cudgel is a short thick stick that is used as a weapon.See also: cudgel, somebody, something, take, up take up the cudgels To join in a dispute, especially in defense of a participant.See also: cudgel, take, upcudgel one's brains, toTo think hard; to make a vigorous attempt to solve or answer some question, or to remember something. The verb “to cudgel” means to beat with a cudgel (a short thick stick). Possibly the allusion here is to thrashing a schoolboy for failing to answer promptly or correctly. The word “cudgel” is hardly ever heard anymore except in this context, which dates from before 1600. Shakespeare had a clown say to another who was puzzling over a riddle, “Cudgel thy brains no more about it, for your dull ass will not mend his pace with beating” (Hamlet, 5.1). See also beat one's brains; rack one's brain.See also: cudgelCUDGEL
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cudgel
Synonyms for cudgelnoun clubSynonyms- club
- stick
- baton
- bludgeon
- truncheon
- cosh
- shillelagh
verb beatSynonyms- beat
- batter
- thrash
- thump
- bang
- cane
- pound
- bludgeon
- pummel
- cosh
- thwack
- drub
Synonyms for cudgelnoun a club that is used as a weaponRelated Words- bastinado
- club
- shillalah
- shillelagh
verb strike with a cudgelSynonymsRelated Words |