cudgel

cudg·el  (kjl)

n.

A short heavy stick; a club.

tr.v. cudg·eled or cudg·elled, cudg·el·ing or cudg·el·ling, cudg·els

To beat or strike with or as if with a cudgel.

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[Middle English cuggel, from Old English cycgel.]

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cudgel [ˈkʌdʒəl]

n

1. (Military / Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) a short stout stick used as a weapon

take up the cudgels (often foll by for or on behalf of) to join in a dispute, esp to defend oneself or another

vb -els, -elling, -elled US, -els -eling, -eled

1. (tr) to strike with a cudgel or similar weapon

cudgel one's brains to think hard about a problem

[Old English cycgel; related to Middle Dutch koghele stick with knob]

cudgeller  n

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 feet club - 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 cudgel fustigate hit - deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"

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cudgel

noun

club, stick, baton, bludgeon, truncheon, cosh (Brit.), shillelagh He has slept with a cudgel by his bed since being burgled.

verb

beat, batter, thrash, thump, bang, cane, pound, bludgeon, pummel, cosh (Brit.), thwack, drub He used to cudgel his stepson like a dog.

Translations

cudgel [ˈkʌdʒəl]

A. N → porra f
to take up the cudgels for sth/sb → salir a la defensa de algo/algn

B. VT → aporrear

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cudgel [ˈkʌdʒ^əl]

n → gourdin m
to take up the cudgels for sb/sth → prendre fait et cause pour qn/qch

vt
to cudgel one's brains → se creuser la tête

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cudgel

n (Brit) → Knüppel m; to take up the cudgels for or on behalf of somebody/something (fig) → für jdn/etw eintreten or eine Lanze brechen, für jdn/etw auf die Barrikaden gehen

vt → prügeln; to cudgel one’s brains (fig) → sich (dat) → das (Ge)hirn zermartern

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cudgel [ˈkʌdʒ/əl]

1. n (weapon) → manganello, randello
to take up the cudgels for sb/sth (fig) → mettersi a lottare per qn/qc

2. vt to cudgel one's brains → scervellarsi, spremersi le meningi

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cudgel [ˈkʌdʒ/əl]

1. n (weapon) → manganello, randello
to take up the cudgels for sb/sth (fig) → mettersi a lottare per qn/qc

2. vt to cudgel one's brains → scervellarsi, spremersi le meningi

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cudgel

n cudgel [ˈkadʒəl]

a heavy stick or club. kierie, stok, knots, knuppel هِراوَه، نَبّوت сопа kyj knippel die Keule ρόπαλο porra kaigas چماق ryhmysauva, nuija gourdin מָקֵל लाठी toljaga bunkósbot pentungan barefli, lurkur bastone, randello こん棒 곤봉 lazda, vėzdas nūja; runga belantan knuppel stokk, påk, knortekjepp pałka cacete bâtă дубинка kyjak krepelo batina []påk ไม้กระบอง kalın sopa 棍棒 дрючок, ломака ڈن‍ڈا dùi cui 短而重的棍棒

v – past tense, past participle ˈcudgelled , (American ) ˈcudgeled –

to beat with a cudgel. afgeransel, onder die kierie gekry يضْرِبُ بِالهَراوَه бия с тояга tlouci holí kniple prügeln ξυλοκοπώ aporrear, dar golpes de porra tümitama با چماق زدن nuijia donner des coups de bâton à לְהַכּוֹת בְּמָקֵל डंडे से पीटना tući toljagom megbotoz memukul lemja með lurk bastonare こん棒で打つ 곤봉으로 때리다 mušti lazda/vėzdu sist ar nūju/rungu dibelasah dengan belantan afrossen slå med stokk zbić pałką esbordoar a ciomăgi бить дубинкой biť kyjakom (palicou) klestiti izbatinati klå, prygla ตีด้วยไม้กระบอง sopalamak, sopa çekmek 用棍棒打 бити дрючком ڈن‍ڈے س‍ے پی‍ٹ‍نا đánh bằng dùi cui 用棍棒打