cudgel
/ˈkʌdʒəl/
noun
- A short, thick stick used as a weapon.
- The guard carried a wooden cudgel to protect the gate.
- He picked up a cudgel from the ground to defend himself.
- In the old story, the hero fought off bandits with a cudgel.
verb
- To beat or hit with a cudgel or similar object.
- He was cudgeled by the guards for trying to escape.
- The angry mob threatened to cudgel the thief.
- In the play, the knight cudgels his opponent until he surrenders.
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