n. [ OE. kuggel; cf. G. keule club (with a round end), kugel ball, or perh. W. cogyl cudgel, or D. cudse, kuds, cudgel. ] A staff used in cudgel play, shorter than the quarterstaff, and wielded with one hand; hence, any heavy stick used as a weapon. [ 1913 Webster ]

He getteth him a grievous crabtree cudgel and . . . falls to rating of them as if they were dogs. Bunyan. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cudgel play, a fight or sportive contest with cudgels. --
To cross the cudgels, to forbear or give up the contest; -- a phrase borrowed from the practice of cudgel players, who lay one cudgel over another when the contest is ended. --
To take up cudgels for, to engage in a contest in behalf of (some one or something). [ 1913 Webster ]

Cudgel

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cudgeled or Cudgelled p. pr. & vb. n. Cudgeling or cudgelling. ] To beat with a cudgel. [ 1913 Webster ]

An he here, I would cudgel him like a dog. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To cudgel one's brains, to exercise one's wits. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cudgeler

n. One who beats with a cudgel. [ Written also cudgeller. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Thai-English: NECTEC's Lexitron-2 Dictionary [with local updates]NECTEC Lexitron-2 Dictionary (TH-EN)

ไม้ยาว

(n)cane, See Also:stick, club, cudgel, rod, Syn.ไม้พลอง, Thai Definition:ไม้ที่ใช้เป็นอาวุธ

กระบอง

(n)club, See Also:staff, stick, pole, rod, cane, baton, cudgel, bludgeon, truncheon, lathi, bat, Syn.ตะบอง, Example:เขาเป็นหัวหน้าก็จริง แต่เป็นยักษ์ไม่มีกระบองอำนาจและบทบาททุกอย่างเป็นของคนอื่นหมด, Unit:อัน, Thai Definition:ไม้สั้นสำหรับใช้ตี มีรูปกลมบ้าง เหลี่ยมบ้าง คล้ายพลอง แต่สั้นกว่า

Thai-English-French: Volubilis Dictionary 1.0Volubilis Dictionary (TH-EN-FR)

กระบอง

[krabøng] (n) EN: club ; bludgeon ; truncheon ; lathi ; stick ; rod ; cane ; baton ; staff ; pole ; cudgel ; bat FR: gourdin [ m ] ; massue [ f ] ; trique [ f ] ; matraque [ f ] ; bâton [ m ]

ไม้ตะบอง

[māi tabøng] (n) EN: club ; cudgel

ไม้ยาว

[māi yāo] (n, exp) EN: cane ; stick ; club ; cudgel ; rod FR: canne [ f ] ; bâton [ m ]

CMU English Pronouncing Dictionary Dictionary [with local updates]CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

cudgel

/K AH1 JH AH0 L//คะ เจิ่ล//kˈʌdʒəl/

cudgels

/K AH1 JH AH0 L Z//คะ เจิ่ล สึ//kˈʌdʒəlz/

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only)Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary

cudgel

(vt, n,(count))/kˈʌdʒəl//คะ เจิ่ล//k uh1 jh @ l/