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cudgel

Noun

∙ A short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon.
∙ Anything that can be used as a threat to force one's will on another. metaphoric

Verb

∙ To strike with a cudgel.
∙ To exercise (one's wits or brains).

BABYLON ENGLISH
cudgel v.
club, beat, bludgeon, hit with a club
club, bludgeon, tool used to administer beatings

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
cudgel
cudgel
\cudg"el\ (k?j"?l), n. [oe. kuggel; cf. g. keule club (with a round end), kugel ball, or perh. w. cogyl cudgel, or d. cudse, kuds, cudgel.] a staff used in cudgel play, shorter than the quarterstaff, and wielded with one hand; hence, any heavy stick used as a weapon. he getteth him a grievous crabtree cudgel and falls to rating of them as if they were dogs.
cudgel
play, a fight or sportive contest with cudgels.
similar words(2)

to cudgel one`s brains
cudgel play

WORDNET 2.0
cudgel
Noun
1. a club that is used as a weapon
(hypernym) club
(hyponym) bastinado
Verb
1. strike with a cudgel
(hypernym) hit

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Singlestick
Singlestick, also known as cudgels, refers to both a martial art that uses a wooden stick as well as the weapon used in the art. It began as a way of training sailors in the use of swords such as the saber or the cutlass. Canne de combat, a French form of stick fighting, is similar to singlestick play, but is more a method of self-defense with a walking stick.
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WIKTIONARY - Yabla

cudgel

Noun

∙ A short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon.
∙ Anything that can be used as a threat to force one's will on another. metaphoric

Verb

∙ To strike with a cudgel.
∙ To exercise (one's wits or brains).

BABYLON ENGLISH
cudgel v.
club, beat, bludgeon, hit with a club
club, bludgeon, tool used to administer beatings

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
cudgel
cudgel
\cudg"el\ (k?j"?l), n. [oe. kuggel; cf. g. keule club (with a round end), kugel ball, or perh. w. cogyl cudgel, or d. cudse, kuds, cudgel.] a staff used in cudgel play, shorter than the quarterstaff, and wielded with one hand; hence, any heavy stick used as a weapon. he getteth him a grievous crabtree cudgel and falls to rating of them as if they were dogs.
cudgel
play, a fight or sportive contest with cudgels.
similar words(2)

to cudgel one`s brains
cudgel play

WORDNET 2.0
cudgel
Noun
1. a club that is used as a weapon
(hypernym) club
(hyponym) bastinado
Verb
1. strike with a cudgel
(hypernym) hit

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Singlestick
Singlestick, also known as cudgels, refers to both a martial art that uses a wooden stick as well as the weapon used in the art. It began as a way of training sailors in the use of swords such as the saber or the cutlass. Canne de combat, a French form of stick fighting, is similar to singlestick play, but is more a method of self-defense with a walking stick.
See more at Wikipedia.org...

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