cudgel
pronunciation
How to pronounce cudgel in British English:
UK [ˈkʌdʒl]
How to pronounce cudgel in American English:
US [ˈkʌdʒəl]
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- Noun:
- a club that is used as a weapon
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- Verb:
- strike with a cudgel
Word Origin
- cudgel (n.)
- Old English cycgel "club with rounded head;" perhaps from PIE root *geu- "to curve, bend."
- cudgel (v.)
- "to beat with a cudgel," 1590s, from cudgel (n.). Related: Cudgeled; cudgeling.
Example
- 1. Cudgel is the famous weapon in chinese wushu .
- 2. All of a sudden the phantom dealt him a blow with his cudgel .
- 3. They are taking up knife and cudgel to vent their spleen directly on doctors , since they cannot do it through the ballot box .
- 4. He had his knapsack on his shoulders , his cudgel in his hand , a rough , audacious , weary , and violent expression in his eyes .
- 5. Flatter a rascal , the will cudgel you ; cudgel a rascal he will lick your boots .