All cudgel synonyms
cudg·el
C c noun cudgel
- truncheon — the club carried by a police officer; billy.
- nightstick — a special club carried by a policeman; billy.
- mace — a spice ground from the layer between a nutmeg shell and its outer husk, resembling nutmeg in flavor.
- bat — A bat is a specially shaped piece of wood that is used for hitting the ball in baseball, softball, cricket, rounders, or table tennis.
- cane — Cane is used to refer to the long, hollow, hard stems of plants such as bamboo. Strips of cane are often used to make furniture, and some types of cane can be crushed and processed to make sugar.
- club — A club is an organization of people interested in a particular activity or subject who usually meet on a regular basis.
- rod — a male given name, form of Roderick or Rodney.
- bludgeon — To bludgeon someone means to hit them several times with a heavy object.
- switch — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
- stick — a thrust with a pointed instrument; stab.
- paddle — a short, flat bladed oar for propelling and steering a canoe or small boat, usually held by both hands and moved more or less through a vertical arc.
- sap — Fortification. a deep, narrow trench constructed so as to form an approach to a besieged place or an enemy's position.
- blackjack — Blackjack is a card game in which players try to obtain a combination of cards worth 21 points.
- bastinado — punishment or torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with a stick
- ferule — a ring or cap, usually of metal, put around the end of a post, cane, or the like, to prevent splitting.
- shillelagh — a cudgel, traditionally of blackthorn or oak.
- cosh — A cosh is a heavy piece of rubber or metal which is used as a weapon.
- billy — A billy or billy club is a short heavy stick which is sometimes used as a weapon by the police.
- birch — A birch or a birch tree is a type of tall tree with thin branches.
- shill — a person who poses as a customer in order to decoy others into participating, as at a gambling house, auction, confidence game, etc.
- spontoon — a shafted weapon having a pointed blade with crossbar at its base, used by infantry officers in the 17th and 18th centuries.
verb cudgel
- pound — Archaic. to shut up in or as in a pound; impound; imprison.
- bash — A bash is a party or celebration, especially a large one held by an official organization or attended by famous people.
- batter — If someone is battered, they are regularly hit and badly hurt by a member of their family or by their partner.
- thrash — to beat soundly in punishment; flog.
- beat — If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
- hit — to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- whack — to strike with a smart, resounding blow or blows.