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
bludgeon (plural bludgeons)
A short, heavy club, often of wood, which is thicker or loaded at one end.
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.
• (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
5 January 2025
(noun) an extinct reptile of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a bird-like beak and membranous wings supported by the very long fourth digit of each forelimb
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
