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cudgel

/ˈkʌdʒ.əl/

Translations

cudgelnoun

cudgels

/ˈkʌdʒ.əl/

gourdin

The guard carried a cudgel to protect himself from intruders.

Le garde portait un gourdin pour se protéger des intrus.

Additional translations

matraqueAu figuré, pour une mesure de pression ou de coercition.

Synonyms

cudgelverb

cudgeled

Past Simple

cudgeled

Past Participle

cudgeling

Gerund

/ˈkʌdʒəl/

cogiterFamilier, pour réfléchir intensément.

She cudgelled her brain trying to remember where she had seen him before.

Elle cogitait pour se rappeler où elle l’avait déjà vu.

matraquer

The guards were ordered to cudgel the prisoners if they attempted to escape.

Les gardes avaient reçu l’ordre de matraquer les prisonniers s’ils tentaient de s’échapper.

Synonyms

rack one's brains

think hard

mull over

deliberate

Definitions

cudgelnoun

A short, thick stick used as a weapon.

The guard carried a cudgel to protect himself from intruders.

A threat or punitive measure used as a means of coercion or control.

The minister used the fiscal cudgel of higher taxes to push through the reforms.

cudgelverb

To beat or strike with a cudgel or similar blunt object.

The guards were ordered to cudgel the prisoners if they attempted to escape.

To think hard or ponder intensely about something.

She cudgelled her brain trying to remember where she had seen him before.