bludgeon

bludg·eon  (bljn)

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.

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bludgeon·er, bludgeon·eer (--nîr) n.

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bludgeon

Noun

a stout heavy club, typically thicker at one end

Verb

1. to hit as if with a bludgeon

2. to force; bully; coerce [origin unknown]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bludgeon - a club used as a weapon               cosh, blackjack, sap - a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people club - stout stick that is larger at one end; "he carried a club in self defense"; "he felt as if he had been hit with a club"
Verb	1.	bludgeon - overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club; "The teacher bludgeoned the students into learning the math formulas" coerce, force, hale, pressure, squeeze - to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information"
	2.	bludgeon - strike with a club or a bludgeon club hit - deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"

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bludgeon

verb 1. club, batter, beat, strike, belt (informal) clobber (slang) pound, cosh Brit. cudgel, beat or knock seven bells out of (informal)

verb 2. bully, force, cow, intimidate, railroad (informal) hector, coerce, bulldoze (informal) dragoon, steamroller, browbeat, tyrannize

noun 3. club, stick, baton, truncheon, cosh Brit. cudgel, shillelagh, bastinado, mere N.Z. patu N.Z.

Translations

bludgeon [ˈblʌdʒən] vt to bludgeon sb into doing sth → coaccionar a algn a hacer algo

bludgeon [ˈblʌdʒən] n → gourdin m, trique f

bludgeon [ˈblʌdʒən] vt → niederknüppeln (fig);

to bludgeon sb into doing sth → jdm so lange zusetzen, bis er etw tut

bludgeon [ˈblʌdʒən] vt → prendere a randellate