About The Word Bludgeon

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Bludgeon

Bludgeon Meaning & Definition
Bludgeon Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bludgeon?

[n] a club used as a weapon
[v] strike with a club or a bludgeon
[v] overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club; "The teacher bludgeoned the students into learning the math formulas"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bludgeon: club

Related Terms | Find terms related to Bludgeon: bat | baton | be imminent | billy | billy club | blackjack | bluster | bluster out of | bounce | browbeat | bulldoze | bully | bullyrag | club | coerce | comminate | cow | demoralize | denounce | dragoon | forebode | harass | hector | hijack | huff | intimidate | look threatening | lower | menace | nightstick | shanghai | shillelagh | steamroller | strong-arm | systematically terrorize | terrorize | threaten | truncheon | use violence | utter threats against | war club | warn

See Also | blackjack | club | coerce | cosh | force | hale | hit | pressure | sap

Bludgeon In Webster's Dictionary

\Bludg"eon\, n. [Cf. Ir. blocan a little block, Gael. plocan a mallet, W. plocyn, dim. of ploc block; or perh. connected with E. blow a stroke. Cf. {Block}, {Blow} a stroke.] A short stick, with one end loaded, or thicker and heavier that the other, used as an offensive weapon.

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