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cudgel

C2 noun

cudgel /ˈkʌd͡ʒəl/ nghĩa là dùi cui, gậy gộc

Các nghĩa

  1. dùi cui, gậy gộc

    A short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon.

    The guard hefted his cudgel menacingly and looked at the inmates.

    Then they had bouts of wrestling and of cudgel play, so that every day they gained in skill and strength.

  2. vũ khí đe dọa, công cụ ép buộc

    Anything that can be used as a threat to force one's will on another.

    figuratively

    Mr. Cruz has been able to use his pseudo-intellectualism and his Ivy League pedigree as a cudgel.

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