cudgel
noun
a short, thick stick used as a weapon; club.
is cudgelling
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present progressiveof cudgel (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Either side is cudgelling its brains day and night to spring some new trick on the other.
From My Year of the War Including an Account of Experiences with the Troops in France and the Record of a Visit to the Grand Fleet Which is Here Given for the First Time in its Complete Form by Frederick Palmer
When a gentleman is cudgelling his brain to find any rhyme for sorrow, besides borrow and to-morrow, his woes are nearer at an end than he thinks for.
From The History of Pendennis by William Makepeace Thackeray
"Sir George is cudgelling his brain to show his gratitude to you," said Power.
From Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 1 by Charles James Lever
