cudgel

cudgel
1. noun
Knüppel, der

take up the cudgels for somebody/something — (fig.) [energisch] für jemanden/etwas eintreten

2. transitive verb,
(Brit.) -ll- knüppeln
* * *
1. noun
(a heavy stick or club.) die Keule
2. verb
(to beat with a cudgel.) prügeln
* * *
cud·gel
[ˈkʌʤəl]
I. n Knüppel m
guards armed with \cudgels mit Polizeiknüppeln bewaffnete Wachposten
to take up [the] \cudgels for/against sb/sth BRIT, AUS für/gegen jdn/etw eine Lanze brechen
II. vt
<BRIT -ll- or AM usu -l->
to \cudgel sb jdn niederknüppeln
to \cudgel sb into doing sth (fig) jdn zu etw dat zwingen
to \cudgel one's brains sich dat das Hirn zermartern
* * *
['kʌdZəl]
1. n (Brit)
Knüppel m

to take up the cudgels for or on behalf of sb/sth (fig) — für jdn/etw eintreten or eine Lanze brechen, für jdn/etw auf die Barrikaden gehen

2. vt
prügeln

to cudgel one's brains (fig) — sich (dat) das (Ge)hirn zermartern

* * *
cudgel [ˈkʌdʒəl]
A s
1. Knüppel m:
take up the cudgels vom Leder ziehen;
take up the cudgels for sb (oder on sb’s behalf) fig für jemanden eintreten oder eine Lanze brechen oder auf die Barrikaden gehen
2. pl, auch cudgel play Stockfechten n
B v/t prät und pperf -eled, besonders Br -elled prügeln: academic.ru/8621/brain">brain A 2
* * *
1. noun
Knüppel, der

take up the cudgels for somebody/something — (fig.) [energisch] für jemanden/etwas eintreten

2. transitive verb,
(Brit.) -ll- knüppeln
* * *
n.
Knüppel - m. v.
prügeln v.

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