Cudgel (Verb)
Meaning
Strike with a cudgel.
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The medieval guard raised his club to cudgel the prisoner for his insolence.
- She felt a surge of anger and began to cudgel her attacker with her walking stick.
- He tried to cudgel the snake with a nearby branch but missed it.
- Using a makeshift cudgel, the villagers managed to scare off the wild animal.
- The angry mob started to cudgel the politician's supporters with their fists and clubs.