noun. A short heavy stick; a club.

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

To strike with a cudgel or club; beat, in general.

noun. A short thick stick used as a weapon; a club; specifically, a staff used in cudgel-play.

transitive verb. To beat with a cudgel.

transitive verb. to exercise one's wits.

noun. A staff used in cudgel play, shorter than the quarterstaff, and wielded with one hand; hence, any heavy stick used as a weapon.

noun. a fight or sportive contest with cudgels.

noun. 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.

noun. to engage in a contest in behalf of (some one or something).

noun. A short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon.

verb. to strike someone with a cudgel

noun. a club that is used as a weapon

verb. strike with a cudgel