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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BLUD'GEON, n. A short stick, with one end loaded or thicker and heavier than the other, and used as an offensive weapon by low persons.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a club used as a weapon v
1: overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club; "The teacher bludgeoned the students into learning the math formulas"
2: strike with a club or a bludgeon [syn: club, bludgeon]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1730 1. a short stick that usually has one thick or loaded end and is used as a weapon 2. something used to attack or bully <the bludgeon of satire> II. transitive verb Date: 1868 1. to hit with heavy impact 2. to attack or overcome by aggressive argument ; bully <mental bludgeoning>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. a club with a heavy end. --v.tr. 1 beat with a bludgeon. 2 coerce. Etymology: 18th c.: orig. unkn.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(bludgeons, bludgeoning, bludgeoned) 1. To bludgeon someone means to hit them several times with a heavy object. He broke into the old man's house and bludgeoned him with a hammer... A wealthy businessman has been found bludgeoned to death. VERB: V n, V-ed to n 2. If someone bludgeons you into doing something, they make you do it by behaving aggressively. Their approach simply bludgeons you into submission... = bulldoze VERB: V n into n/-ing

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Club, cudgel.

Moby Thesaurus

bat, baton, be imminent, billy, billy club, blackjack, bluster, bluster out of, bounce, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, bullyrag, club, coerce, comminate, cow, demoralize, denounce, dragoon, forebode, harass, hector, hijack, huff, intimidate, look threatening, lower, menace, nightstick, shanghai, shillelagh, steamroller, strong-arm, systematically terrorize, terrorize, threaten, truncheon, use violence, utter threats against, war club, warn