cudgel
Nghĩa (English)
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- A short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon.
- Anything that can be used as a threat to force one's will on another.
Synonyms
belabour
long stick
war club
thick stick
billystick
beat hard
cudgel-play
baton, cane
Phát âm là (IPA)
/ˈkʌd͡ʒəl/
Từ nguyên (English)
In summary
From Middle English kuggel, from Old English cyċġel (“a large stick, cudgel”), from Proto-West Germanic *kuggil, from Proto-Germanic *kuggilaz (“knobbed instrument”), derivative of Proto-Germanic *kuggǭ (“cog, swelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *gewgʰ- (“swelling, bow”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bow, bend, arch, curve”), equivalent to cog + -el (diminutive suffix). Cognate with Middle Dutch coghele (“stick with a rounded end”).
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