bludgeon.
A short, heavy club, often of wood, which is thicker or loaded at one end.
Meaning & usage
A short, heavy club, often of wood, which is thicker or loaded at one end.
We smashed the radio with a steel bludgeon.
Something used to coerce someone.
Where this word comes from
First attested in 1730. Origin uncertain, perhaps of Cornish origin (recorded as blogon c. 1450) or from Middle French bougeon, a diminutive of bouge (“club, stick”).
To strike or hit with something hard, usually on the head; to club.
The apprehended rioter was bludgeoned to death.
To coerce someone, as if with a bludgeon.
Their favorite method was bludgeoning us with the same old arguments in favor of their opinions.
Where this word comes from
First attested in 1730. Origin uncertain, perhaps of Cornish origin (recorded as blogon c. 1450) or from Middle French bougeon, a diminutive of bouge (“club, stick”).
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