In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
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
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.