Definitions for cudgel
ˈkʌdʒ əlcud·gel

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cudgelverb

   a club that is used as a weapon

2. cudgel, fustigateverb

   strike with a cudgel

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cudgelnoun

   a short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon

   The guard hefted his cudgel menacingly at the inmates, the threat to swing glinted in his eye.

2. cudgelverb

   to strike someone with a cudgel

   The officer was violently cudgeled down in the midst of the rioters, with his own beatstick no less.

3. Etymology: From kuggel, from cycgel, from kuggilaz, derivative of kuggōn, from geugʰ-, from geu-. Cognate with coghele. Related to cog.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CUDGELnoun

   Etymology: kudse, Dutch.

   1. A stick to strike with, lighter than a club, shorter than a pole.

   Vine twigs, while they are green, are brittle; yet the wood, dried, is extreme tough; and was used by the captains of armies, amongst the Romans, for their cudgels. Francis Bacon, N. Hist.

   Do not provoke the rage of stones
   And cudgels to thy hide and bones.
   Tremble and vanish. Hudibras, p. i. cant. 2.

   The ass was quickly given to understand, with a good cudgel, the difference betwixt the one playfellow and the other. Roger L'Estrange, Fab. 15.

   His surly officer ne’er fail’d to crack
   His knotty cudgel on his tougher back. John Dryden, Juvenal.

   This, if well reflected on, would make people more wary in the use of the rod and the cudgel. John Locke.

   The wise Cornelius was convinced, that these, being polemical arts, could no more be learned alone than fencing or cudgel-playing. Scriblerus Club , Martinus Scriblerus.

   2. To cross the Cudgels, is to yield, from the practice of cudgel-players to lay one over the other.

   It is much better to give way than it would be to contend at first, and then either to cross the cudgels, or to be baffled in the conclusion. Roger L'Estrange.

2. To Cudgelverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To beat with a stick.

   My lord, he speaks most vilely of you, like a foul-mouth’d man, as he is; and said he would cudgel you. William Shakespeare, H. IV.

   The ass courting his master, just as the spaniel had done, instead of being stroked and made much of, is only rated off and cudgelled for all his courtship. Robert South, Sermons.

   Three duels he fought, thrice ventur’d his life;
   Went home, and was cudgell’d again by his wife. Jonathan Swift.

   2. To beat in general.

   Cudgel thy brains no more about it; for your dull ass will not mend his pace with beating. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

   A good woman happened to pass by as a company of young fellows were cudgelling a wallnut-tree, and asked them what they did that for. Roger L'Estrange.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cudgel

   A club (also known as a cudgel, baton, bludgeon, truncheon, cosh, nightstick, or impact weapon) is a short staff or stick, usually made of wood, wielded as a weapon since prehistoric times. There are several examples of blunt-force trauma caused by clubs in the past, including at the site of Nataruk in Turkana, Kenya, described as the scene of a prehistoric conflict between bands of hunter-gatherers 10,000 years ago.Most clubs are small enough to be swung with one hand, although larger clubs may require the use of two to be effective. Various specialized clubs are used in martial arts and other fields, including the law-enforcement baton. The military mace is a more sophisticated descendant of the club, typically made of metal and featuring a spiked, knobbed, or flanged head attached to a shaft. Examples of cultural depictions of clubs may be found in mythology, where they are associated with strong figures such as Hercules or the Japanese oni, or in popular culture, where they are associated with primitive cultures, especially cavemen. Ceremonial maces may also be displayed as a symbol of governmental authority. The wounds inflicted by a club are generally known as strike trauma or blunt-force trauma injuries.

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1. cudgel

   A cudgel is a short, heavy club or stick typically used as a weapon.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cudgelnoun

   a staff used in cudgel play, shorter than the quarterstaff, and wielded with one hand; hence, any heavy stick used as a weapon

2. Cudgelverb

   to beat with a cudgel

3. Etymology: [OE. kuggel; cf. G. keule club (with a round end), kugel ball, or perh. W. cogyl cudgel, or D. cudse, kuds, cudgel.]

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1. Cudgel

   Cudgel was an American two-time Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. Owned by J. K. L. Ross and trained by future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee H. Guy Bedwell, Cudgel is probably best remembered for his win in the 1919 Havre de Grace Handicap in which he defeated two future Hall of Fame inductees, Exterminator and Sir Barton. Cudgel raced at age three in 1917. He finished eleventh in the Kentucky Derby but showed some of his developing abilities when he finished second in the Latonia Derby. Frequently ridden by Earl Sande as well as Johnny Loftus, at age four Cudgel was the dominant older horse of 1918. The next year, despite a long layoff between May and August as a result of an injury, he came back to share Champion Older Horse honors with Sun Briar. After retiring from racing, Cudgel stood at stud Ross's Yarrow Brae Stud near Laurel, Maryland. A successful sire, among his best, daughter Fluvanna was the 1923 American Champion Two-Year-Old Filly and his son, Froth Blower, won the 1931 King's Plate, Canada's most prestigious race. Cudgel died in October 1941 at age twenty-seven.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cudgel

   kud′jel, n. a heavy staff: a club.—v.t. to beat with a cudgel:—pr.p. cud′gelling; pa.p. cud′gelled.—ns. Cud′geller; Cud′gelling.—adj. Cud′gel-proof, not to be hurt by beating.—Take up the cudgels, to engage in a contest. [A.S. cycgel.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cudgel in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cudgel in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of cudgel in a Sentence

1. Ed Campbell:

   One of the things Trump is doing with trade is he's using it as a cudgel against the Fed, the Fed is citing uncertainty relating to trade as a reason they're open to cutting rates.

2. James Sanders:

   Contrary to Mr. Robinson's recent editorial, I don't view your positions or comments as a cudgel.

3. Pope Francis:

   It is not with the cudgel of judgment that we succeed in bringing the lost sheep back to the fold.

4. Brandon Wolf -LRB- left -RRB-:

   The term' safe space' has been perverted, especially by those who use it as a cudgel against people they think aren't' strong enough' to live in the real world, but safe spaces are necessary for LGBTQ people.

5. Yaakov Menken:

   It is ridiculous to say that because Soros is a wealthy Jew, if you criticize him, you're going after Jewish money, anti-Semitism is too real and too dangerous to use as a partisan cudgel.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=cudgel
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cudgel
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=cudgel
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cudgel
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cudgel
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=cudgel
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=cudgel