cudgel

(kuj′əl)

noun

a short, thick stick or club

Origin: ME (SW dial.) kuggel < OE cycgel, lit., club with rounded head, akin to Ger kugel, ball < IE base *geu-, to curve, bend > cod

to beat with a cudgel

See cudgel in American Heritage Dictionary 4

cudg·el

noun

A short heavy stick; a club.

transitive verb cudgeled cudg·eled or cudg·elled, cudgeling cudg·el·ing or cudg·el·ling, cudg·els

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

Origin: Middle English cuggel, from Old English cycgel.

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