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horsewhip
English
Etymology
horse +? whip
Noun
horsewhip (plural horsewhips)
- A whip for use on horses.
Hypernyms
- whip
Translations
Verb
horsewhip (third-person singular simple present horsewhips, present participle horsewhipping, simple past and past participle horsewhipped)
- (transitive) To flog or lash with a horsewhip.
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cudgel
English
Etymology
From Middle English kuggel, from Old English cy??el (“a large stick, cudgel”), from Proto-Germanic *kuggilaz (“knobbed instrument”), derivative of Proto-Germanic *kugg? (“cog, swelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *gewg?- (“swelling, bow”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew-, *g?- (“to bow, bend, arch, curve”), equivalent to cog +? -el (diminutive suffix). Cognate with Middle Dutch coghele (“stick with a rounded end”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?d??l/
- Rhymes: -?d??l
Noun
cudgel (plural cudgels)
- A short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon.
- (figuratively) Anything that can be used as a threat to force one's will on another.
Translations
Verb
cudgel (third-person singular simple present cudgels, present participle (US) cudgeling or (Commonwealth) cudgelling, simple past and past participle (US) cudgeled or (Commonwealth) cudgelled)
- To strike with a cudgel.
- 1950, Jack Vance, Dying Earth, "Mazirian the Magician"
- Aboard the barge and so off the trail, the blessing lost its puissance and the barge-tender, who coveted Guyal's rich accoutrements, sought to cudgel him with a knoblolly.
- 1950, Jack Vance, Dying Earth, "Mazirian the Magician"
- To exercise (one's wits or brains).
Translations
See also
- club
- singlestick
Further reading
- club (weapon) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- cludge
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