bludgeon

Meaning

Noun

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

Verb

1. (transitive) To strike or hit with something hard, usually on the head; to club.
2. (transitive) To coerce someone, as if with a bludgeon.

Synonyms

club

cudgel

truncheon

stick

shillelagh

baton

bat

🦇

flail

blackjack

coerce

staff

compel

billy

shillalah

cane

strike

terrorize

thrash

bully

tyrannize

intimidate

hector

force

lathi

mallet

browbeat

menace

pound

💷

dragoon

pressure

beat

hound

harry

harass

poop

💩

pummel

rod

sap

scold

swaggerer

whomp

work over

billystick

knobstick

stout stick

bang out

black jack

short dub

batter

beat to death

Translations

Knüppel

matraque

gourdin

mazza

garrote

porra

clava

matraquer

maza

cachiporra

massue

ρόπαλο

randello

Schlagstock

knuppel

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈblʌd͡ʒ.ən/

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”).