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cudgel
(redirected from cudgeling)

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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, knuppelهِراوَه، نَبّوتсопаkyjknippeldie Keuleρόπαλοporrakaigasچماقryhmysauva, nuijagourdinמָקֵלलाठीtoljagabunkósbotpentunganbarefli, lurkurbastone, randelloこん棒곤봉lazda, vėzdasnūja; rungabelantanknuppelstokk, påk, knortekjepppałkacacetebâtăдубинкаkyjakkrepelobatina[]påkไม้กระบองkalın sopa短而重的棍棒дрючок, ломакаڈن‍ڈاdùi cui
vpast tense, past participle ˈcudgelled , (American ) ˈcudgeled
to beat with a cudgel. afgeransel, onder die kierie gekryيضْرِبُ بِالهَراوَهбия с тоягаtlouci holíknipleprügelnξυλοκοπώaporrear, dar golpes de porratümitamaبا چماق زدنnuijiadonner des coups de bâton àלְהַכּוֹת בְּמָקֵלडंडे से पीटनाtući toljagommegbotozmemukullemja með lurkbastonareこん棒で打つ곤봉으로 때리다mušti lazda/vėzdusist ar nūju/rungudibelasah dengan belantanafrossenslå med stokkzbić pałkąesbordoara ciomăgiбить дубинкойbiť kyjakom (palicou)klestitiizbatinatiklå, pryglaตีด้วยไม้กระบองsopalamak, sopa çekmek用棍棒打бити дрючкомڈن‍ڈے س‍ے پی‍ٹ‍ناđánh bằng dùi cui

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