What does Cudgel mean?
Definitions for Cudgel
ˈkʌdʒ əlcud·gel
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Princeton's WordNet
cudgelverb
a club that is used as a weapon
cudgel, fustigateverb
strike with a cudgel
Wiktionary
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.
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.
Etymology: From kuggel, from cycgel, from kuggilaz, derivative of kuggōn, from geugʰ-, from geu-. Cognate with coghele. Related to cog.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
CUDGELnoun
Etymology: kudse, Dutch.
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.
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.
To Cudgelverb
Etymology: from the noun.
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.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.
Wikipedia
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.
ChatGPT
cudgel
A cudgel is a short, heavy club or stick typically used as a weapon.
Webster Dictionary
Cudgelnoun
a staff used in cudgel play, shorter than the quarterstaff, and wielded with one hand; hence, any heavy stick used as a weapon
Cudgelverb
to beat with a cudgel
Etymology: [OE. kuggel; cf. G. keule club (with a round end), kugel ball, or perh. W. cogyl cudgel, or D. cudse, kuds, cudgel.]
Wikidata
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 Dictionary
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
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Cudgel in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Cudgel in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of Cudgel in a Sentence
Contrary to Mr. Robinson's recent editorial, I don't view your positions or comments as a cudgel.
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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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.
It is not with the cudgel of judgment that we succeed in bringing the lost sheep back to the fold.
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.
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- сопаBulgarian
- kyjCzech
- cudgelDanish
- KnüppelGerman
- ρόπαλοGreek
- کوپالPersian
- nuija, ryhmysauvaFinnish
- gourdinFrench
- husáng, furkósbot, fütykös, bunkósbotHungarian
- bastonoIdo
- randelloItalian
- קודג'לHebrew
- 철퇴, 쇠몽둥이Korean
- knuppelDutch
- дубинкаRussian
- močuga, batina, toljaga, buzdovanSerbo-Croatian
- klubba, påkSwedish
- 棍棒Chinese
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