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cudg⋅el

   [kuhj-uhl]
noun, verb, -eled, -el⋅ing, or (especially British) -elled, -el⋅ling.
–noun
1. a short, thick stick used as a weapon; club.
–verb (used with object)
2. to strike with a cudgel; beat.
—Idioms
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:
bef. 900; ME cuggel, OE cycgel; akin to G Kugel ball
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cudg·el     (kŭj'əl)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A short heavy stick; a club.
tr.v.   cudg·eled or cudg·elled, cudg·el·ing or cudg·el·ling, cudg·els
To beat or strike with or as if with a cudgel.

[Middle English cuggel, from Old English cycgel.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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