becudgelling
/bɪˈkʌdʒəlɪŋ/
verb
- Present participle of becudgel: the act of striking or beating repeatedly with a heavy club or stick.
- The guard was becudgelling the gate with his staff to force it open.
- She saw the farmer becudgelling the fence post to drive it into the ground.
- The rioters were becudgelling each other with broken branches.