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cudgel

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noun

cud·​gel ˈkə-jəl How to pronounce cudgel (audio)
: a short heavy club
The eighteenth-century audience went to the theatre armed with whistles, rattles, … and sometimes even wooden cudgels. Ronald Hayman

cudgel

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verb

cudgeled or cudgelled; cudgeling or cudgelling ˈkəj-liŋ How to pronounce cudgel (audio)
ˈkə-jə-

transitive verb

: to beat with or as if with a cudgel
Phrases
cudgel one's brains
: to think hard (as for a solution to a problem)

Example Sentences

Noun a farmer armed with a cudgel drove us off his land
Recent Examples on the Web
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

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