Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cudgel

1 sense of cudgel

Sense 1
cudgel -- (a club that is used as a weapon)
       => club -- (stout stick that is larger at one end; "he carried a club in self defense"; "he felt as if he had been hit with a club")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb cudgel

1 sense of cudgel

Sense 1
cudgel, fustigate -- (strike with a cudgel)
       => hit -- (deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face")