cudgel
31cudgel-play — cudˈgel play noun • • • Main Entry: ↑cudgel …
32cudgel-proof — cudgˈel proof adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑cudgel …
33cudgel — See: TAKE UP THE CUDGELS FOR …
34cudgel — See: TAKE UP THE CUDGELS FOR …
35cudgel — Synonyms and related words: baste, bastinado, bat, baton, beat, belabor, belt, billy, billy club, birch, blackjack, bludgeon, buffet, cane, club, clue, cosh, cowhide, cue, cut, drub, ferule, flagellate, flail, flog, fustigate, give a whipping,… …
36cudgel — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. club, bludgeon, staff, shillelagh, stick. See arms. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. stick, bat, bludgeon; see club 3 . v. Syn. beat, bludgeon, strike, pummel; see beat 2 , hit 1 . III (Roget s 3… …
37cudgel — cud|gel [ˈkʌdʒəl] n [: Old English; Origin: cycgel] 1.) a short thick stick used as a weapon 2.) take up the cudgels (on behalf of sb/sth) formal to start to fight for an idea that you believe in …
38cudgel — See: take up the cudgels for …
39cudgel — cudg·el || kÊŒdÊ’É™l n. club, bludgeon, tool used to administer beatings v. club, beat, bludgeon, hit with a club …
40cudgel — n 1. club, bludgeon, bat, bastinado, Brit. truncheon, Chiefly Irish Eng. shillelagh; night stick, Inf. billy, Inf. billy club; blackjack, rubber hose, Sl. sap. v 2. beat, bludgeon, pummel, bastinado, strike, Inf. clobber, Sl. clout; thrash, drub …