bludgeon : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bludgeon	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for bludgeon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bludgeon n a club used as a weapon v overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club; "The teacher bludgeoned the students into learning the math formulas" strike with a club or a bludgeon Synonym(s): club, 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.