Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bludgeon"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bludgeon
n : 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}]
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