noun Download 🔗Share A short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon. Examples : "The guard hefted his cudgel menacingly and looked at the inmates." weapon item Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Anything that can be used as a threat to force one's will on another. Examples : "The boss used the threat of firing people as a cudgel to get everyone to work overtime without pay. " weapon Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To strike with a cudgel. Examples : "The officer was violently cudgeled down in the midst of the rioters." action weapon military police war Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To exercise (one's wits or brains). Examples : "I had to cudgel my brains to remember the answer to the history question. " mind action philosophy Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading