[{"word":"cudgel","phonetic":"/ˈkʌdʒəl/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ˈkʌdʒəl/","audio":"https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/cudgel-us.mp3","sourceUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=50330721","license":{"name":"BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0"}}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The guard hefted his cudgel menacingly and looked at the inmates."},{"definition":"Anything that can be used as a threat to force one's will on another.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To strike with a cudgel.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The officer was violently cudgeled down in the midst of the rioters."},{"definition":"To exercise (one's wits or brains).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cudgel"]}]