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cudgeling

/ˈkʌdʒəlɪŋ/

Translations

cudgelingnoun

cudgelings

избиение

The act of cudgeling was witnessed by several bystanders.

Акт избиения был засвидетельствован несколькими очевидцами.

Synonyms

mental exertion

cudgelinggerund / present participle

/ˈkʌdʒəlɪŋ/

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

Synonyms

cudgelverb

cudgeling

Gerund

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

mull over

think hard

rack one's brains

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.