English-Spanish translations for cudgel

Definition of cudgel

• A short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon
• Anything that can be used as a threat to force one's will on another
• To strike with a cudgel
• To exercise (one's wits or brains

Examples

• The guard hefted his cudgel menacingly and looked at the inmates
• The officer was violently cudgeled down in the midst of the rioters

Related words

• cud
• cuddly
• cuddle
• barracuda
• cuddling
• cudweeds
• cudweed
• cuddlesome
• escudo