... a weapon v 1: strike with a cudgel [syn: cudgel, fustigate] Merriam Webster's I. noun Etymology: Middle English kuggel, from ... clue, cosh, cowhide, cue, cut, drub, ferule, flagellate, flail, flog, fustigate, give a whipping, give the stick, hickory, horsewhip, indication, inkling ...