Related Searches
Nearby Words
noun
1.
a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.
verb (used with object)
2.
to strike or knock down with a bludgeon.
00:10
00:09
00:08
00:07
00:06
00:05
00:04
00:03
00:02
00:01
Bludgeon
is one of our favorite verbs.
So is peculate. Does it mean:
| chat, to converse |
| to steal or take dishonestly (money, esp. public funds, or property entrusted to one's care); embezzle. |
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
|
Link To bludgeon
Example Sentences
- It is this kind of supposedly data-driven dribble that is being used as a bludgeon against teachers.
- Some of the pipes were threaded through with lengths of chain fitted at their ends with every manner of bludgeon.
- He had to batter and bludgeon rather than stroke and deflect.
Collins
World English Dictionary
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
bludgeon
1868, from an earlier noun bludgeon "a short club" (1730), perhaps from M.Fr. bougeon, dim. of bouge "a club."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
Word Dynamo Rating For Bludgeon
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
