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cudg•el



Pronunciation: (kuj'ul), [key]
—n., v., -eled, -el•ing, or (esp. Brit.) -elled, -el•ling.

—n.
1. a short, thick stick used as a weapon; club.
2. take up the cudgels, to come to the defense or aid of someone or something.

—v.t.
1. to strike with a cudgel; beat.
2. cudgel one's brains, to try to comprehend or remember: I cudgeled my brains to recall her name.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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