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bludg⋅eon

  [bluhj-uhn]
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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.
Origin:
1720–30; orig. uncert.

Related forms:
bludg⋅eon⋅er, bludg⋅eon⋅eer  [bluhj-uh-neer] , noun
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bludg·eon   (blŭj'ən)   
n.  A short heavy club, usually of wood, that is thicker or loaded at one end.
tr.v.   bludg·eoned, bludg·eon·ing, bludg·eons
  1. To hit with or as if with a heavy club.
  2. To overcome by or as if by using a heavy club. See Synonyms at intimidate.

[Origin unknown.]
bludg'eon·er, bludg'eon·eer' (-ə-nîr') n.
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Bludgeon

Bludg"eon\, n. [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.] A short stick, with one end loaded, or thicker and heavier that the other, used as an offensive weapon.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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bludgeon  (v.)
1868, from an earlier noun (1730), perhaps from M.Fr. bougeon, dim. of bouge "a club."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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