beat with a cudgel
1cudgel — [kuj′əl] n. [ME (SW dial.) kuggel < OE cycgel, lit., club with rounded head, akin to Ger kugel, ball < IE base * geu , to curve, bend > COD2] a short, thick stick or club vt. cudgeled or cudgelled, cudgeling or cudgelling to beat with a… …
2Cudgel — Cudg el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cudgeled} or {Cudgelled} ( ?ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cudgeling} or {cudgelling}.] To beat with a cudgel. [1913 Webster] An he here, I would cudgel him like a dog. Shak. [1913 Webster] {To cudgel one s brains}, to… …
3cudgel — ► NOUN ▪ a short thick stick used as a weapon. ► VERB (cudgelled, cudgelling; US cudgeled, cudgeling) ▪ beat with a cudgel. ● cudgel one s brain Cf. ↑cudgel one s brain …
4cudgel — {{11}}cudgel (n.) O.E. cycgel club with rounded head; perhaps from PIE root *geu to curve, bend. {{12}}cudgel (v.) to beat with a cudgel, 1590s, from CUDGEL (Cf. cudgel) (n.). Related: Cudgeled; cudgeling …
5cudgel — I. n. Club, bludgeon. II. v. a. Cane, drub, thrash, baste, beat with a cudgel. See beat …
6cudgel — [ kʌdʒ(ə)l] noun a short, thick stick used as a weapon. verb (cudgels, cudgelling, cudgelled; US cudgels, cudgeling, cudgeled) beat with a cudgel. Phrases cudgel one s brain Brit. think har …
7cudgel — n. & v. n. a short thick stick used as a weapon. v.tr. (cudgelled, cudgelling; US cudgeled, cudgeling) beat with a cudgel. Phrases and idioms: cudgel one s brains think hard about a problem. take up the cudgels (often foll. by for) make a… …
8Beat — (b[=e]t), v. t. [imp. {Beat}; p. p. {Beat}, {Beaten}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Beating}.] [OE. beaten, beten, AS. be[ a]tan; akin to Icel. bauta, OHG. b[=o]zan. Cf. 1st {Butt}, {Button}.] 1. To strike repeatedly; to lay repeated blows upon; as, to beat… …
9Beat — (b[=e]t), v. t. [imp. {Beat}; p. p. {Beat}, {Beaten}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Beating}.] [OE. beaten, beten, AS. be[ a]tan; akin to Icel. bauta, OHG. b[=o]zan. Cf. 1st {Butt}, {Button}.] 1. To strike repeatedly; to lay repeated blows upon; as, to beat… …
10Beat — (b[=e]t), v. t. [imp. {Beat}; p. p. {Beat}, {Beaten}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Beating}.] [OE. beaten, beten, AS. be[ a]tan; akin to Icel. bauta, OHG. b[=o]zan. Cf. 1st {Butt}, {Button}.] 1. To strike repeatedly; to lay repeated blows upon; as, to beat… …
