cudgel

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cudgel /ˈkʌdʒ(ə)l/

▶noun a short, thick stick used as a weapon. ▶verb (cudgels, cudgelling, cudgelled; US cudgels, cudgeling, cudgeled) beat with a cudgel.

– phrases
cudgel one's brain Brit. think hard about a problem.
take up cudgels start to defend or support someone or something strongly.

– origin OE cycgel, of unknown origin.

'cudgel' also found in these Oxford entries:

bastinado - garrotte - gibbet - shillelagh - truncheon

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