bludgeon

Plural: bludgeons

Noun

a club used as a weapon
A short, heavy club, often of wood, which is thicker or loaded at one end.

Verb

Verb Forms: bludgeoned, bludgeoning, bludgeons

To hit with a heavy club, or to coerce.
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
To strike or hit with something hard, usually on the head; to club.
To coerce someone, as if with a bludgeon.

Examples

He tried to bludgeon his way to victory with brute force words, ignoring nuanced plays.
The apprehended rioter was bludgeoned to death.
Their favorite method was bludgeoning us with the same old arguments in favor of their opinions.
We smashed the radio with a steel bludgeon.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

club, cudgel, harass, pummel

Scrabble Score: 12

bludgeon: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
bludgeon: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
bludgeon: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

bludgeon: valid Words With Friends Word