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cudgel

/ˈkʌdʒ.əl/

Translations

cudgelnoun

cudgels

/ˈkʌdʒ.əl/

дубинка

The guard carried a cudgel to protect himself.

Охранник носил дубинку, чтобы защитить себя.

Additional translations

Synonyms

cudgelverb

cudgeled

Past Simple

cudgeled

Past Participle

cudgeling

Gerund

/ˈkʌdʒəl/

колотить

He would cudgel his opponents in the debate with his sharp arguments.

Он колотил своих оппонентов в дебатах своими острыми аргументами.

Synonyms

rack one's brains

think hard

mull over

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.