cudgel

(noun, verb)

noun

1. a club that is used as a weapon

Definition categories: man–made, club

Sentences with cudgel as a noun:

- The guard hefted his cudgel menacingly and looked at the inmates. The threat to swing glinted in his eye.

verb

1. strike with a cudgel

Similar word(s): fustigate

Definition categories: contact, hit

Sentences with cudgel as a verb:

- The officer was violently cudgeled down in the midst of the rioters, with his own beatstick no less.