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bludgeon
[
bluhj
-
uh
n
]
Example Sentences
Origin
bludg·eon
/
ˈblʌdʒ
ən
/
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[
bluhj
-
uh
n
]
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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.
3.
to
force
into something; coerce;
bully
:
The boss finally bludgeoned him into accepting responsibility.
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Origin:
1720–30;
origin uncertain
Related forms
bludg·eon·er,
bludg·eon·eer
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noun
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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.
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.
COLLAPSE
Collins
World English Dictionary
bludgeon
(ˈblʌdʒən)
—
n
1.
a stout heavy club, typically thicker at one end
2.
a person, line of argument, etc, that is effective but unsubtle
—
vb
3.
to hit or knock down with or as with a bludgeon
4.
(
often foll by
into
) to force; bully; coerce:
they bludgeoned him into accepting the job
[C18: of uncertain origin]
'bludgeoner
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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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
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