bludgeon
noun
a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.
bludgeons
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pluralof bludgeon.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof bludgeon (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
bludgeonnouna short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.
Example Sentences
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Hamilton: The widows and orphans and other alleged victims of Girardi mostly remain out of the picture, and if they’re discussed, it’s in a vague or remote way, or as rhetorical bludgeons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2021
Mr. Norris’s undeniably dexterous hand is most effective — and subversive — when it tickles, instead of bludgeons.
From New York Times ● Mar. 7, 2018
What if a batted ball bludgeons a squirrel in fair territory and sends both ball and squirrel bounding into foul ground?
From Slate ● Jan. 8, 2016
Men in appalling Union Jack suits celebrate when he then bludgeons a forehand wide for 15-15; their joy is, terribly sadly, dampened when Tsonga makes light work of the next two points.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 17, 2015
Lyra obeyed, half happy, half apprehensive, for Ma Costa had hands like bludgeons, and now she was sure: it was their boat she had captured with Roger and the other collegers.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
