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cudgeling

/ˈkʌdʒəlɪŋ/

Translations

cudgelingnoun

cudgelings

matraquageAction de frapper à coups de bâton ou de matraque.

The cudgeling lasted only a few seconds.

Le matraquage n'a duré que quelques secondes.

Synonyms

mental exertion

cudgelinggerund / present participle

/ˈkʌdʒəlɪŋ/

Used attributively to describe actions or events characterized by beating with a cudgel.

à coups de bâtonEmployé pour décrire une action ou une attaque menée avec des bâtons ou des matraques.

The rebels launched a cudgeling assault on the guardhouse.

Les rebelles ont lancé un assaut à coups de bâton contre la guérite.

Synonyms

cudgelverb

cudgeling

Gerund

cudgeled

Past Simple

cudgeled

Past Participle

cudgeling

Gerund

/ˈkʌdʒəl/

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.

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.

Synonyms

rack one's brains

think hard

mull over

deliberate

brainstorm

Definitions

cudgelingnoun

The act of beating or striking with a cudgel, a short, thick stick used as a weapon.

The cudgeling left the old fence post splintered and broken.

cudgelinggerund / present participle

Involving or characterized by beating with a cudgel; employing cudgels.

The rebels launched a cudgeling assault on the guardhouse.

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.