cudgel
1. cud.gel \'k*j-*l\ n [ME kuggel, fr. OE cycgel; akin to MHG kugele ball, OE cot] den - more at COT : a short heavy club 2. cudgel \-(*-)lin\ vt or cud.geled or cud.gelled; or cud.gel.ing; or cud.gel.ling : to beat with or as if with a cudgel : to think hard (as for a solution to a problem) - cudgel one's brains