verb
- present participle of becudgel; to beat or strike repeatedly with a cudgel or club
Usage: archaic; literary
Examples
- The guards were becudgelling the prisoners without mercy.
- He faced the mob, becudgelling anyone who came near him.
- The soldiers advanced, becudgelling their way through the crowd.
- In the old tale, the villain was becudgelling the hero until rescue arrived.