Cudgel

/ˈkʌd͡ʒəl/

Synonyms for "cudgel" (95 found)

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Closest matches (19)

baste bastinado bat baton beat belabor belt billybilly clubbirch blackjack bludgeon

Noun(6 words)

baton beat blackjacks bludgeon bludgeons blunts

Adjective(1 words)

blunt

Strong matches (29)

buffet cane club clue cosh cowhide cue cut drub ferule flagellate flail flog fustigategive a whippinggive the stickhickory horsewhip indication inkling

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intimation knobkerrie knout lace lambaste

Noun(2 words)

club clubs

Verb(2 words)

found a clubfustigate

Related words (47)

lashlay onmace nightstick notion paddlepistol whippistol-whip pommel pound pummel quarterstaff rattan rawhide rod sandbag scourge shillelagh slam smite

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spank spontoon strap stripe suggestion swinge switch telltale thrash thump trounce truncheon wallopwar clubwhale whip whop wind

Noun(9 words)

mull nightsticks ponder reason shillalah shillalahs shillelaghs strike truncheons

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More general

8 entries

attack beat club cognition hit implement think weapon

More specific

8 entries

baton batter bludgeon club mull ponder reason thump

Collocations

10 entries

battle cudgelcudgel one's brainscudgel one's memorycudgel the braincudgel the mindheavy cudgeliron cudgelpolice cudgelshort cudgelwooden cudgel

Inflections

3 entries

cudgelled cudgelling cudgels

Derivations

3 entries

cudgeling cudgelled cudgels

Sample sentences

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It will scarcely be any easier on the people if the cudgel with which they are beaten is called the people's cudgel.

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The first is a dish licker, the second a lice-killing cudgel. They pinch, when they are together. What could it be, by chance?

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You don't care about Tom. You're only using him as a cudgel to beat John with.

Source: tatoeba (11096374)

The ogre brandished a crude cudgel.

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