cudgel
/ˈkʌdʒl/noun
उच्चारण कजल
लाठी, सोंटा, डंडा
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noun
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[C]
a short thick stick that is used as a weapon
लाठी, सोंटा, डंडा
- The robbers were armed with cudgels.
- The watchman carried a cudgel to scare away stray dogs at night.
- The old farmer carried a cudgel to protect himself from snakes.
+ 2 more examples
- In the story, the guard raised his cudgel and ordered the thief to stop.
- A heavy cudgel hung from the wall of the village chief's house.
verb
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[T] ~ sb
to hit somebody with a cudgel
लाठी से पीटना
- The thief was cudgelled by an angry mob.
- Old records say that thieves were sometimes cudgelled by village guards before the police existed.
- The guard cudgelled the thief and dragged him to the village chief.
+ 2 more examples
- In the old tale, the bandits cudgelled the traveller and took his bag.
- Angry villagers cudgelled the wild boar that had ruined their fields.
¶Idioms 2
take up the cudgels for/on behalf of sb/sth
to start to support somebody or something strongly
किसी के पक्ष में डटकर लड़ना, किसी की ओर से मोर्चा सँभालना
- Radhika took up the cudgels for the girls who were denied admission.
- The union has taken up the cudgels on behalf of the sacked workers.
cudgel your brains
(British, old-fashioned) to think very hard about something
दिमाग़ पर ज़ोर डालना
- I cudgelled my brains but could not remember his name.