bludgeon n : a club used as a weapon

1 overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club; "The teacher bludgeoned the students into learning the math formulas"

2 strike with a club or a bludgeon [syn: club]

English

Etymology

Origin uncertain; recorded since 1868, from an earlier noun (1730), perhaps from bougeon, a diminutive of bouge "club, stick".

Pronunciation

• a UK /blʌdʒən/ /blVdZ@n/

Noun

1. A short heavy club, often of wood, which is thicker or loaded at one end.

   She smashed the radio with a steel bludgeon.

Translations

See also

• truncheon

Verb

1. To club, hit with a bludgeon

   The man in the brown coat was bludgeoned to death.

Derived terms

• bludgeoner

Translations

References

Bludgeon has several meanings.

• A bludgeon is a club-like weapon.
• Bludgeon is a Transformers character.

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