All cudgeled synonyms
cudg·el
C c verb cudgeled
- fustigate — to cudgel; beat; punish severely.
- shiver — to shake or tremble with cold, fear, excitement, etc.
- sling — an iced alcoholic drink, typically containing gin, water, sugar, and lemon or lime juice.
- splatter — an act or instance of splattering.
- bludgeoned — a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.
- whacked — exhausted; tired out.
- pounded — Archaic. to shut up in or as in a pound; impound; imprison.
- bashed — to strike with a crushing or smashing blow.
- battered — Something that is battered is old and in poor condition because it has been used a lot.
- thrashed — to beat soundly in punishment; flog.
- clubbed — having a thickened end, like a club
- knock around — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- let fly — to move through the air using wings.
- rake over the coals — a black or dark-brown combustible mineral substance consisting of carbonized vegetable matter, used as a fuel. Compare anthracite, bituminous coal, lignite.
- scathe — to attack with severe criticism.
- read the riot act — an English statute of 1715 providing that if 12 or more persons assemble unlawfully and riotously, to the disturbance of the public peace, and refuse to disperse upon proclamation they shall be considered guilty of felony.
- rip into — to cut or tear apart in a rough or vigorous manner: to rip open a seam; to rip up a sheet.
- mull over — to study or ruminate; ponder.
noun cudgeled
- truncheoned — the club carried by a police officer; billy.
- bastinadoed — Simple past tense and past participle of bastinado.
- batted — Sports. the wooden club used in certain games, as baseball and cricket, to strike the ball. a racket, especially one used in badminton or table tennis. a whip used by a jockey. the act of using a club or racket in a game. the right or turn to use a club or racket.
- caned — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- sapped — Fortification. a deep, narrow trench constructed so as to form an approach to a besieged place or an enemy's position.
- shilled — a person who poses as a customer in order to decoy others into participating, as at a gambling house, auction, confidence game, etc.
- switched — a hairpiece consisting of a bunch or tress of long hair or some substitute, fastened together at one end and worn by women to supplement their own hair.