Cudgelling

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cudgel \Cudg"el\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cudgeled} or {Cudgelled}
     (-?ld); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cudgeling} or {cudgelling}.]
     To beat with a cudgel.
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           An he here, I would cudgel him like a dog. --Shak.


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     {To cudgel one's brains}, to exercise one's wits.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cudgelling
       See {cudgel}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  cudgel
       n : a club that is used as a weapon
       v : strike with a cudgel
       [also: {cudgelling}, {cudgelled}]