Cudgel | Mean of cudgel in English Dictionary
/ˈkʌʤəl/
- Noun
- a short heavy club
- to fight in defense or support of (someone or something)
- She took up the cudgels for women's rights.
- Verb
- to hit (someone or something) with a club
- a politician who is being cudgeled in the press for his failure to support tax cuts