cudgel
131bat — I n 1. stick, racket, mallet; club, shaft, staff, cudgel, bludgeon, truncheon, cane. 2.Informal. stroke, bang, hit, smack, rap, knock, buffet, blow, cuff, Inf. wallop, slam, swat, slap, whack, thwack, Inf. sock, Inf. whop, Inf. lick, Sl.… …
132bludgeon — n 1. club, cudgel, night stick, Inf. billy, Inf. billy club, Brit. truncheon; blackjack, Sl. sap. v 2. club, cudgel, strike, hit, Sl. clout, beat, Inf. beat on; fell, knock down, beat up, beat senseless, Inf. clobber, Sl. sap. See beat (defs.1,… …
