Associations to the word «Cudgelling»

Wiktionary

CUDGEL, noun. A short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon.
CUDGEL, noun. (metaphoric) Anything that can be used as a threat to force ones will on another.
CUDGEL, verb. To strike with a cudgel.
CUDGEL, verb. To exercise (one's wits or brains).

Dictionary definition

CUDGEL, noun. A club that is used as a weapon.
CUDGEL, verb. Strike with a cudgel.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca