Meaning of "cudgel" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CUDGEL

Old English cycgel; related to Middle Dutch koghele stick with knob.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF CUDGEL

cudgel  [ˈkʌdʒəl]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CUDGEL

Cudgel is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb cudgel in English.

WHAT DOES CUDGEL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Club (weapon)

A club is among the simplest of all weapons. A club is essentially a short staff, or stick, usually made of wood, and wielded as a weapon since prehistoric times. Most clubs are small enough to be swung in one hand although two-handed variants are known. Various kinds of clubs are used in martial arts and other specialized fields, including the law-enforcement baton. The military mace is a more sophisticated descendant of the club, typically made of metal and featuring a spiked, knobbed or flanged head attached to a shaft. The wounds inflicted by a club are generally known as bludgeoning or blunt-force trauma injuries.

Definition of cudgel in the English dictionary

The definition of cudgel in the dictionary is a short stout stick used as a weapon. Other definition of cudgel is to strike with a cudgel or similar weapon.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CUDGEL

PRESENT

Present

I cudgel

you cudgel

he/she/it cudgels

we cudgel

you cudgel

they cudgel

Present continuous

I am cudgelling

you are cudgelling

he/she/it is cudgelling

we are cudgelling

you are cudgelling

they are cudgelling

Present perfect

I have cudgelled

you have cudgelled

he/she/it has cudgelled

we have cudgelled

you have cudgelled

they have cudgelled

Present perfect continuous

I have been cudgelling

you have been cudgelling

he/she/it has been cudgelling

we have been cudgelling

you have been cudgelling

they have been cudgelling

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I cudgelled

you cudgelled

he/she/it cudgelled

we cudgelled

you cudgelled

they cudgelled

Past continuous

I was cudgelling

you were cudgelling

he/she/it was cudgelling

we were cudgelling

you were cudgelling

they were cudgelling

Past perfect

I had cudgelled

you had cudgelled

he/she/it had cudgelled

we had cudgelled

you had cudgelled

they had cudgelled

Past perfect continuous

I had been cudgelling

you had been cudgelling

he/she/it had been cudgelling

we had been cudgelling

you had been cudgelling

they had been cudgelling

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will cudgel

you will cudgel

he/she/it will cudgel

we will cudgel

you will cudgel

they will cudgel

Future continuous

I will be cudgelling

you will be cudgelling

he/she/it will be cudgelling

we will be cudgelling

you will be cudgelling

they will be cudgelling

Future perfect

I will have cudgelled

you will have cudgelled

he/she/it will have cudgelled

we will have cudgelled

you will have cudgelled

they will have cudgelled

Future perfect continuous

I will have been cudgelling

you will have been cudgelling

he/she/it will have been cudgelling

we will have been cudgelling

you will have been cudgelling

they will have been cudgelling

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would cudgel

you would cudgel

he/she/it would cudgel

we would cudgel

you would cudgel

they would cudgel

Conditional continuous

I would be cudgelling

you would be cudgelling

he/she/it would be cudgelling

we would be cudgelling

you would be cudgelling

they would be cudgelling

Conditional perfect

I would have cudgel

you would have cudgel

he/she/it would have cudgel

we would have cudgel

you would have cudgel

they would have cudgel

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been cudgelling

you would have been cudgelling

he/she/it would have been cudgelling

we would have been cudgelling

you would have been cudgelling

they would have been cudgelling

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you cudgel
we let´s cudgel
you cudgel

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to cudgel

Past participle

cudgelled

Present Participle

cudgelling

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «CUDGEL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «cudgel» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of cudgel

bang · baste · bastinado · baton · batter · beat · bludgeon · cane · club · cosh · drub · mere · patu · pound · pummel · shillelagh · stick · thrash · thump · thwack · truncheon

TRANSLATION OF CUDGEL

Find out the translation of cudgel to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of cudgel from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cudgel» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 棍术
• Translator English - Spanish: garrote
• English: cudgel
• Translator English - Hindi: लाठी
• Translator English - Arabic: هراوة
• Translator English - Russian: дубина
• Translator English - Portuguese: porrete
• Translator English - Bengali: গদা
• Translator English - French: gourdin
• Translator English - Malay: Cudgel
• Translator English - German: Keule
• Translator English - Japanese: こん捧
• Translator English - Korean: 곤장
• Translator English - Javanese: Cudgel
• Translator English - Vietnamese: gậy
• Translator English - Tamil: கனத்த தண்டம்
• Translator English - Marathi: कुडगे
• Translator English - Turkish: çomak
• Translator English - Italian: clava
• Translator English - Polish: pałka
• Translator English - Ukrainian: дубина
• Translator English - Romanian: măciucă
• Translator English - Greek: ρόπαλο
• Translator English - Afrikaans: knuppel
• Translator English - Swedish: cudgel
• Translator English - Norwegian: kjepp

3 QUOTES WITH «CUDGEL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word cudgel.

1

Boris Pasternak

What for centuries raised man above the beast is not the cudgel but the irresistible power of unarmed truth.

2

Jane Porter

The mob is a sort of bear; while your ring is through its nose, it will even dance under your cudgel; but should the ring slip, and you lose your hold, the brute will turn and rend you.

3

Franz Schubert

One bites into the brass mouthpiece of his wooden cudgel, and the other blows his cheeks out on a French horn. Do you call that Art?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CUDGEL»

Discover the use of cudgel in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cudgel and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

King Cudgel's Challenge

Twin siblings Princess Gusty Ox and Prince Marvin fight constantly until the court wizard sends them on a challenge that requires the royal pair to cooperate.

Karen Wallace, 2007

Cutlass and Cudgel

“Heigh-Ho-Ha-Hum!

George Manville Fenn, 2013

Black Belt

Butterfly Kick Valiant's left hand grabs the left section of the cudgel and his right holds the middle section. (1) He bends at the waist as his body swings horizontally from his right side to his left. The right section of the cudgel travels along with ...

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Broad-Sword and Single-Stick (Illustrated Edition)

First published in 1890 with Chapters on Quarter-Staff, Bayonet, Cudgel, Shillalah, Walking-Stick, Umbrella, and Other Weapons of Self-Defence.

R G Allanson-Winn, C Phillipps-Wolley, 2010

The Cudgel, Or a Crab-tree Lecture. To the Author of the ...

Esq. Hercules VINEGAR (pseud. [i.e. Edward Ward.]), Edward Ward. I'r ,_ s ' is &C U*__D G L, Crab-ztree LECTURE. _'To the'AUTHon of TheDUNCIAD. .' By HERCULES VLNEGAR, Esg; A /'*>. sough Anstwcrs, 'we canflss, but sometime-s sit ...

Esq. Hercules VINEGAR (pseud. [i.e. Edward Ward.]), Edward Ward, 1742

History and Families, Anderson County, Kentucky

CUDGEL Like many others, the spelling of this family name has undergone many changes. One Andrew Gottshall, immigrant to Pennsylvania, was a son of Fredrick and Mary Gottshall, Germany. The Cottshairs(Gotchal,Gudshal,Gudgell,  ...

‎1991

The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales

presented him with a sack and said, “There is a cudgel in it.” “I can put on the sack,” said he, “and it may be of good service to me, but why should the cudgel be in it? It only makes it heavy.” “I will tell thee why,” replied the master; “if any one ...

Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, 2013

The Polar star, being a continuation of 'The Extractor', of ...

But Thomas said, " Cudgel, come forth !" and the cudgel came out of uis pocket, and whirled ahout amongst the crowd, and did not fail to fall smartly upon the hacks of such as most deserved it. And as they scampered away, the cudgel flew  ...

Crabtree Orations 1954-1994

Crabtree's Cudgel has been my labour this year and my discoveries in libraries and archives, the length and breadth of two countries, form the substance of my Oration. A cudgel, gentlemen, is defined as 'a short thick stick used as a weapon'  ...

Bryan Bennett, Negley Harte, 1997

The Northumberland and Newcastle Monthly Magazine for the ...

46 To CZarindaF-On seeing a Prostitute-Reply to Cudgel: m'nnwarlr. T0 CLARINDA. Farewell, 'Clarinda! we must partThe bitter sighs my bosom swell ;— Oh! how my lacerated heart, Bleeds as it faulters cub-farewell'. ' Oh ! I haye lov'd thee ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CUDGEL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cudgel is used in the context of the following news items.

Hillary Clinton Piles On San Francisco Officials, Putting Sanctuary …

... realm of public policy, critics of Secure Communities worry the tragedy in San Francisco will be used as a cudgel against cities that have tried ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»

'Religious Freedom' Will Not Be A License To Discriminate On Our …

... legislative proposals that would transform religious liberty from an important constitutional principle into a cudgel to be used against others. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»

Second Circuit Takes Firm Stance On Educational Value Of Being …

Far more damning than the stylistic morphing of the balancing test was the opinion's use of its new “individualized” balancing test as a cudgel to ... «Above the Law, Jul 15»

Movie Review: Schwarzenegger shoulders a lot but 'Genisys' just …

Homage is simultaneously used as a crutch and as a cudgel. There's a sense of insecurity behind the film. Almost as if director Alan Taylor ... «The Weekender, Jul 15»

How conservatives and liberals are both hijacking libertarian …

Because both sides are using libertarian ideas as a cudgel, not an olive branch. Libertarianism has been at the forefront of the gay rights cause ... «The Week Magazine, Jul 15»

Cyber Security Fail: Saluting Hillary Clinton for Not Trusting the Big …

... server – it was still turned on and responding to requests – and cudgel a great deal of information from it, using simple intrusion techniques. «Breitbart News, Jul 15»

Dems swoon for Sanders

... who held the presidency, by Patrick J. Buchanan, who in New Hampshire held a cudgel. Buchanan had more fun, was more unpredictable, ... «Coos Bay World, Jul 15»

Marching boldly into the New Post-homophobic Christianity

But since we went the route of saying that marriage was a constitutional right, that is now being used as a cudgel to say that anything related to ... «Hot Air, Jul 15»

The real benefit of Phil Jackson for the New York Knicks

Many use this as a cudgel to criticize New York's slow start under Jackson. They view the rationale for Phil's hiring as he could convince ... «YES Network, Jul 15»

The Supreme Court in flux

... different approach, from a different age, a cudgel sometimes wielded by agitated conservatives against justices who they felt were too liberal. «Bayoubuzz, Jul 15»