cudgel

Speech parts

1. cudgel - Noun

2. cudgel - Verb

Meaning

A staff used in cudgel play, shorter than the quarterstaff, and wielded with one hand; hence, any heavy stick used as a weapon.

To beat with a cudgel.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

fustigate baton blackthorn billy birch kylie rosewood mallet mace hickory bash attack club belt hammer
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Antonyms

garrison quill guard cover police protect
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Hypernyms

club hit

Hyponyms

shillalah bastinado shillelagh

Phrases with the word

cudgel one's brain golden cudgel

Derivatives

cudgeled cudgelled cudgeling cudgelling

Anagrams

cludge

Examples

What for centuries raised man above the beast is not the cudgel but the irresistible power of unarmed truth. Boris Pasternak

A man that will fight will find a cudgel in every hedge. English Proverb

Peace with a cudgel in hand is war. Portuguese Proverb

A brave and a skilled fighter, Badger helped clear the Wild Wooders from Toad Hall with his large cudgel. Source: Internet

Conservatives have used Hunter Biden’s legal cloud as a cudgel against the former vice president and have raised concerns that Joe Biden or his yet-to-be-named attorney general could shut down probes into his son shortly after taking office in January. Source: Internet

Congressional Republicans have turned the leftwing proposal for a “Green New Deal” into a cudgel they’ve consistently used to whack Democrats for fiscal irresponsibility. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

cuddly-wuddly cuddy Cude cudgel one's brain cudgeler cudgeling