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[ bluhj-uhn ] / ˈblʌdʒ ən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR bludgeon ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other. verb (used with object)to strike or knock down with a bludgeon. to force into something; coerce; bully: The boss finally bludgeoned him into accepting responsibility. Origin of bludgeonFirst recorded in 1720–30; origin uncertain OTHER WORDS FROM bludgeonbludg·eon·er, bludg·eon·eer [bluhj-uh-neer], /ˌblʌdʒ əˈnɪər/, nounWords nearby bludgeonblubber, blubberhead, blubbery, blucher, bludge, bludgeon, bludger, blue, blue agave, blue alert, Blue and the Gray Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for bludgeonHe hit the tribesmen on the head with his bludgeon and “the subsequent proceedings interest him no more.” The Story Behind The World’s Greatest Headline|Brandy Zadrozny|January 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST Instead, he rushed to use the firearms issue as one more tool to bludgeon and discredit his Republican opposition. Angry Gun-Control Debate Does Damage to Both the Right and the Left|Michael Medved|January 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST Or is it too valuable to use as a bludgeon against Republicans? Mark McKinnon: Do Democrats & Republicans Really Want Immigration Reform?|Mark McKinnon|November 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST “If Giannoulias loses, the Republicans and the mainstream media are going to bludgeon Obama,” said Anderson. Can Obama Save His Seat?|Dirk Johnson|October 28, 2010|DAILY BEAST
He did not draw their blood personally with the usual weapons of homicide—pistol, dagger, bludgeon or ax. The Incendiary|W. A. (William Augustine) Leahy His forward lunge had placed another miner hors de combat, and Jarvis sprang forward and secured the wounded man's bludgeon. The Fat of the Land|John Williams Streeter First, this matter of the bludgeon left, as her husband declared, leaning against the old oak in the bottom of the ravine. Dark Hollow|Anna Katherine Green I tried him myself at the assizes: it was for striking a young lady with a bludgeon, of which she died. He had no bludgeon, no revolver, yet he impressed Jones almost as much as he impressed the other. The Man Who Lost Himself|H. De Vere Stacpoole
British Dictionary definitions for bludgeon
nouna stout heavy club, typically thicker at one end a person, line of argument, etc, that is effective but unsubtle verb (tr)to hit or knock down with or as with a bludgeon (often foll by into) to force; bully; coercethey bludgeoned him into accepting the job Derived forms of bludgeonbludgeoner, nounWord Origin for bludgeonC18: of uncertain origin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to bludgeonclub, truncheon, bat, stick |