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cudgel
3 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural cudgels
plural cudgels
Learner's definition of CUDGEL
[count]
: a short heavy club短棍；短棒
pick/take up the cudgels for
somewhat old-fashioned : to fight in defense or support of (someone or something)努力捍卫；尽力支持
- She took up the cudgels for women's rights.她努力捍卫女权。
2 cudgel /ˈkʌʤəl/ verb
cudgels US cudgeled or British cudgelled US cudgeling or British cudgelling
2 cudgel
/ˈkʌʤəl/
verb
cudgels US cudgeled or British cudgelled US cudgeling or British cudgelling
Learner's definition of CUDGEL
[+ object]
: to hit (someone or something) with a club用棍棒打 — usually used figuratively通常用作比喻
- a politician who is being cudgeled in the press for his failure to support tax cuts因为没有支持减税而备受媒体抨击的从政者
cudgel your brain/brains
cudgeled or cudgelled; cudgeling or cudgelling ˈkəj-liŋ 
ˈkə-jə-
: to beat with or as if with a cudgel
Synonyms
Example Sentences
Noun a farmer armed with a cudgel drove us off his land
Recent Examples on the Web
Stephen Singer, Hartford Courant, 3 July 2022 Without bipartisan support, bail reform would be a political lightning rod wielded as a cudgel against those who voted for it. Kelan Lyons, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2022 In theory, the certification policy gives compliance officers a new cudgel to increase their clout: the ability to refuse certification. Dylan Tokar, WSJ, 16 June 2022 Even before those actions, the Biden administration had doubled down on a Trump administration policy of wielding export controls as a cudgel against Chinese companies. New York Times, 5 July 2022 Accusations of grooming are being used as a cudgel against those raising questions about such legislation and critics of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s directive to investigate certain gender-affirming care as child abuse. Michael Smolenscolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2022 Some Democrats have privately expressed concern that Republicans may use any hike in gas prices as a political cudgel against them ahead of the midterm elections. New York Times, 7 Mar. 2022 López Obrador could also use the results of the vote as a cudgel to prod lawmakers to approve some of the most sweeping legislation of his presidency. Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2022 For years, there have been calls to revise the landmark California Environmental Quality Act to keep it from being used as a legal cudgel to block housing projects. San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2022 The Economist, 20 July 2019 In the winter of 1775-76, Dunbar didn’t stand a chance against the 40 patriots in Farmington, Conn., who cudgeled him nearly to death near his home. Caitlin Fitz, WSJ, 11 July 2017 See More
Noun
Democrats will wield another cudgel to put Republicans on the defensive: the conduct of former President Donald Trump. Stephen Singer, Hartford Courant, 3 July 2022 Without bipartisan support, bail reform would be a political lightning rod wielded as a cudgel against those who voted for it. Kelan Lyons, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2022 In theory, the certification policy gives compliance officers a new cudgel to increase their clout: the ability to refuse certification. Dylan Tokar, WSJ, 16 June 2022 Even before those actions, the Biden administration had doubled down on a Trump administration policy of wielding export controls as a cudgel against Chinese companies. New York Times, 5 July 2022 Accusations of grooming are being used as a cudgel against those raising questions about such legislation and critics of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s directive to investigate certain gender-affirming care as child abuse. Michael Smolenscolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2022 Some Democrats have privately expressed concern that Republicans may use any hike in gas prices as a political cudgel against them ahead of the midterm elections. New York Times, 7 Mar. 2022 López Obrador could also use the results of the vote as a cudgel to prod lawmakers to approve some of the most sweeping legislation of his presidency. Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2022 For years, there have been calls to revise the landmark California Environmental Quality Act to keep it from being used as a legal cudgel to block housing projects. San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2022 Verb
Yet doing away with the government’s critic-cudgelling arsenal should be a much higher priority. The Economist, 20 July 2019 In the winter of 1775-76, Dunbar didn’t stand a chance against the 40 patriots in Farmington, Conn., who cudgeled him nearly to death near his home. Caitlin Fitz, WSJ, 11 July 2017 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun and Verb
Middle English kuggel, from Old English cycgel; perhaps akin to Middle High German kugele ball
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Verb
1596, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of cudgel was before the 12th century Phrases Containing cudgel
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