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Cudgel Noun, Verbbre /ˈkʌdʒl/Name /ˈkʌdʒl Noun Short Thick Stick WeaponTake Behalf

Front cudgel
Back noun, verbBrE /ˈkʌdʒl/NAmE /ˈkʌdʒl/

noun

a short thick stick that is used as a weapontake up (the) cudgels on behalf of sb/sth(old-fashioned) to defend or support sb/sth strongly

verb

(BrE)(-ll-, especially US -l-)~ sbto hit sb with a cudgelcudgel your ˈbrains(old-fashioned, BrE) to think very hardI had to cudgel my brains to remember her name.

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