cudgeling
Hitting with club
Cudgeling is beating with a cudgel—a short, thick stick used as a weapon.
The word appears most often in the phrase cudgeling one's brains, meaning struggling hard to remember or figure something out.
Also spelled cudgelling.
Striking with weight
- clubbingVisiting nightclubs for entertainment
- thrashingDecisive, lopsided defeat
- pummelingSustained striking attack
- batteringRepeated forceful striking
pounding · thumping · walloping · drubbing · hammering · flogging · whipping · lashing
Inflicting severe strain
- wrackingCausing extreme distress
- strainingExerting intense effort
- puzzlingCausing confusion or bewilderment
- wrestlingCombat sport requiring holds
grappling · deliberating · concentrating · struggling · laboring · cogitating · ruminating · mulling
bludgeoning
Striking with weight
- clubbingVisiting nightclubs for entertainment
- thrashingDecisive, lopsided defeat
- pummelingSustained striking attack
battering · pounding · thumping · walloping · drubbing · hammering · flogging · whipping · lashing · mauling
racking
Inflicting severe strain
- wrackingCausing extreme distress
- strainingExerting intense effort
- puzzlingCausing confusion or bewilderment
wrestling · grappling · deliberating · concentrating · struggling · laboring · cogitating · ruminating · mulling · brainstorming
- combat artssword fighting, swordfighting, boxing, wrestling, grappling
- beatingsbeating, thrashing, pummeling, pounding, battering
cudgelingprotecting
Keeping from harm
shielding · defending · nurturing · sheltering · rescuing