cudgel
5
8.9
- noun
- /ˈkʌdʒəl/
:
porra
- He became too weak to use his cudgel or somersault away.
Shame was the overriding cudgel, you know, when I grew up.
- Shame was the overriding cudgel, you know, when I grew up.
- Tucker Carlson is going is is merely going to use it as a cudgel against Democrats in the left.
- And the hard cudgel is scary and and and you can conquer a country with a hard cudgel, but you can't use that in the US.
Examples
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The cudgel flew aside; the man tottered back, looking in horror at his hands.
Fiction book (1993) -
Drop your knives and your cudgels.
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If you keep doing evil I'll finish you with this cudgel
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A moment later, I came to my senses, and tossing the shattered cudgel aside, I fled.
Fiction book (1995) -
MORRIS jumps onto the loading dock as WEASEL exits with his cudgel.
Fiction book (1992) -
Blows of cudgels rained upon this aching promontory.
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A scuffle ensues, and David catches a glancing cudgel blow on his cheek and goes down.
Fiction book (1992) -
From the muscles cording the man's bare arms, he could quite obviously wield the knobbed cudgel to good effect.
Fiction book (1992) -
Shaggy, wild-eyed men, armed with cudgels, scythes, and hayforks.
Fiction book (1991) -
The soldier brandished his cudgel in preparation for the coming attack.
Synonyms
119
1.9
A thick heavy stick used to hit things or for protection
16
5.0
A short heavy stick that police use as a weapon
5
6.7
A short thick stick police carry to hit or defend themselves
5
9.0
A short thick stick police carry to hit someone or protect themselves
4
7.6
A thick heavy stick or club used as a weapon
3
9.9
A thick wooden stick used in Ireland as a walking stick or club
1
7.4
A short heavy stick used to hit a ball or as a weapon
A short heavy stick that police use to hit or control people
A heavy bamboo stick used by police in India to hit or control people
Idioms
How Heavy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cudgel comes from an old word for a short, thick stick used in fights; imagine a small club you hold in your hand. So, a cudgel is a heavy short stick used as a weapon.