🥢cudgel (cudgel)

noun/verb
/ˈkʌdʒ.əl/
garrote (garrote)

Meaning

A short, thick stick used as a weapon; to beat with a cudgel.
Traducción del significado
Un palo grueso y corto usado como arma.
Un palo grueso y corto usado como arma.

Oraciones de ejemplo

The guard used a cudgel to chase away the thief.

El guardia usó un garrote para ahuyentar al ladrón.
El guardia usó un garrote para ahuyentar al ladrón.

Expresiones de ejemplo

take up the cudgels
tomar partido
tomar partido

Synonyms

club, stick, baton, staff, bludgeon

Antonyms

caress, protect, support

Colocaciones

wooden cudgel, heavy cudgel, wield a cudgel, take up the cudgels

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