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noun
1.
a short, thick stick used as a weapon; club.
verb (used with object)
2.
to strike with a cudgel; beat.
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Cudgeler
is always a great word to know.
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| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
3.
cudgel one's brains, to try to comprehend or remember: I cudgeled my brains to recall her name.
4.
take up the cudgels, to come to the defense or aid of someone or something.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English cuggel, Old English cycgel; akin to German Kugel ball
before 900; Middle English cuggel, Old English cycgel; akin to German Kugel ball
Related forms
cudg·el·er; especially British, cud·gel·ler, noun
un·cudg·eled, adjective
un·cudg·elled, adjective
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Word Origin & History
cudgel
O.E. cycgel "club with rounded head;" not known in other Gmc. languages; perhaps from PIE base *geu- "to curve, bend." The verb is from 1596.
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