CUDGEL

Cudgel

Cudgel was an American two-time Champion Thoroughbred racehorse.

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cudgel

Noun

  1. A short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon.
    The guard hefted his cudgel menacingly and looked at the inmates. The threat to swing glinted in his eye.

Verb

  1. To strike with a cudgel.
    The officer was violently cudgeled down in the midst of the rioters, with his own beatstick no less.
  2. To exercise (one's wits or brains).


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