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BLUDGEON
bludgeon
(noun) a club used as a weapon
club, bludgeon
(verb) strike with a club or a bludgeon
bludgeon
(verb) overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club; “The teacher bludgeoned the students into learning the math formulas”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
bludgeon (plural bludgeons)
A short, heavy club, often of wood, which is thicker or loaded at one end.
Verb
bludgeon (third-person singular simple present bludgeons, present participle bludgeoning, simple past and past participle bludgeoned)
(transitive) To strike or hit with something hard, usually on the head; to club.
(transitive) To coerce someone, as if with a bludgeon.
Synonyms
• (to club): cudgel
• (coerce): harass, pummel
Source: Wiktionary
Bludg"eon, n. Etym: [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.]
Definition: A short stick, with one end loaded, or thicker and heavier that the other, used as an offensive weapon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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