Library / English Dictionary

BLUDGEON

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A club used as a weapon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("bludgeon" is a kind of...):

club (stout stick that is larger at one end)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bludgeon"):

blackjack; cosh; sap (a piece of metal covered by leather with a flexible handle; used for hitting people)

Derivation:

bludgeon (strike with a club or a bludgeon)

bludgeon (overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Strike with a club or a bludgeon

Synonyms:

bludgeon; club

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "bludgeon" is one way to...):

hit (deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

The fighter managed to bludgeon his opponent

Derivation:

bludgeon (a club used as a weapon)

bludgeoner (an assailant who uses a bludgeon)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club

Example:

The teacher bludgeoned the students into learning the math formulas

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "bludgeon" is one way to...):

coerce; force; hale; pressure; squeeze (to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

Derivation:

bludgeon (a club used as a weapon)

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