becudgeling
/bɪˈkʌdʒəlɪŋ/
verb
- To strike or beat repeatedly with a heavy club or stick.
- The farmer caught the fox in the henhouse and started becudgeling it with a broom handle.
- The angry mob began becudgeling the thief with wooden clubs.
- In the old tale, the knight was becudgeling the dragon with his iron mace.
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