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Cudgels

A short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon.

📖 Definitions of "Cudgels"

noun
  1. 1

    A short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon.

    "The guard hefted his cudgel menacingly and looked at the inmates."

  2. 2

    Anything that can be used as a threat to force one's will on another.

verb
  1. 1

    To strike with a cudgel.

    "The officer was violently cudgeled down in the midst of the rioters."

  2. 2

    To exercise (one's wits or brains).

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