cudgel

n.

A short heavy stick; a club.

tr.v., -eled or -elled, -el·ing or -el·ling, -els or -els.

To beat or strike with or as if with a cudgel.

[Middle English cuggel, from Old English cycgel.]

IN BRIEF: A short thick stick used as a club.

The warrior used a cudgel while fighting off the wild dogs.

Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a club that is used as a weapon

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The verb cudgel has one meaning:

Meaning #1: strike with a cudgel

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - knippel
v. tr. - slå, prygle

idioms:

• take up the cudgels    gå i brechen

Nederlands (Dutch)
knuppel, (neer) knuppelen

Français (French)
n. - trique
v. tr. - frapper à coups de trique, (fig) se creuser la cervelle

idioms:

• take up the cudgels    prendre fait et cause pour (qn)

Deutsch (German)
v. - prügeln
n. - Knüppel

idioms:

• take up the cudgels    für etwas eintreten

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ραβδίζω, κοπανώ
n. - ματσούκι, στειλιάρι

idioms:

• take up the cudgels    παίρνω τα δίκια κάποιου

Italiano (Italian)
bastonare, randellare, randello

idioms:

• take up the cudgels    assumere le difese di

Português (Portuguese)
v. - espancar
n. - clava (f)

idioms:

• take up the cudgels    defender

Русский (Russian)
колотить дубинкой, дубинка

idioms:

• take up the cudgels    становиться на защиту

Español (Spanish)
n. - porra, cachiporra
v. tr. - aporrear

idioms:

• take up the cudgels    salir en defensa de, romper una lanza por

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - klå, prygla
n. - knölpåk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
棍棒, 用棍棒打

idioms:

• take up the cudgels    保卫, 奋起维护

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 棍棒
v. tr. - 用棍棒打

idioms:

• take up the cudgels    保衛, 奮起維護

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 곤봉
v. tr. - 몽둥이로 치다

idioms:

• take up the cudgels    강력히 변호하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - こん棒
v. - こん棒で打つ

idioms:

• take up the cudgels    敢然と闘う

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يضرب بالهراوة (الاسم) هراوة, مقرعه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אלה, מקל עבה‬
v. tr. - ‮הלם, הכה‬

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