bludgeon

noun · verbB1

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

bludgeons

1.
A short, heavy club, often of wood, which is thicker or loaded at one end.
We smashed the radio with a steel bludgeon.

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verb

V_es/s

bludgeons

V_ing/Gerund

bludgeoning

V_ed/pp

bludgeoned

1.
(transitive)To strike or hit with something hard, usually on the head; to club.
The apprehended rioter was bludgeoned to death.
2.
(transitive)To coerce someone, as if with a bludgeon.
Their favorite method was bludgeoning us with the same old arguments in favor of their opinions.

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Đồng nghĩa

cudgel harass pummelto club cudgelcoerce harass, pummel

Cùng gốc / liên quan

bludgeonryclobber beat truncheon

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Nguồn gốc từ

First attested in 1730. Origin uncertain, perhaps of - origin (recorded as blogon c. 1450) or from Middle French bougeon, a diminutive of bouge (club, stick).