1. cudgel - Noun
2. cudgel - Verb
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 dictionaryWhat 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