ონლაინ ლექსიკონი

Back

cudgel

გამოთქმა: /ˈkʌdʒ(ə)l/

არსებითი სახელი

Universal
  • a short, thick stick used as a weapon.

ზმნა

Universal
  • beat with a cudgel: they would lie in wait and cudgel her to death

cudgel one's brain (or brains)

British think hard about a problem: she cudgelled her brain, trying to decide what had caused such an about-face

take up the cudgels

start to defend or support someone or something strongly:there was no one else to take up the cudgels on their behalf

სინონიმები

ანტონიმები