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cudgel
(redirected from cudgel brains)

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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.

[Middle English cuggel, from Old English cycgel.]

cudgel
Noun
a short thick stick used as a weapon [Old English cycgel]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cudgelcudgel - 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)
Verb1.cudgel - strike with a cudgel
hit - deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"
Translations

cudgel [ˈkʌdʒəl] vt to cudgel one's brains → devanarse los sesos
cudgel [ˈkʌdʒl] ngourdin m
vt to cudgel one's brains → se creuser la tête
cudgel [ˈkʌdʒl] nKnüppel m
vt to cudgel one's brains → sich dat das (Ge)hirn zermartern
cudgel [ˈkʌdʒl] nrandello
vt to cudgel one's brains → scervellarsi, spremere le meningi

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 短而重的棍棒 дрючок, ломака ڈن‍ڈا dùi cui
vpast 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


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