bludgeon

/bluhj-uhn/US // ˈblʌdʒ ən //UK // (ˈblʌdʒən) //

打棍子,打击,棍棒,拍打

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the other.

v.有主动词 verb

1
- : to strike or knock down with a bludgeon.
- : to force into something; coerce; bully: The boss finally bludgeoned him into accepting responsibility.

nounweapon

Forms: bludgeons

Synonyms

He hit the tribesmen on the head with his bludgeon and “the subsequent proceedings interest him no more.”
Instead, he rushed to use the firearms issue as one more tool to bludgeon and discredit his Republican opposition.
Or is it too valuable to use as a bludgeon against Republicans?
In recent cycles, the GOP has been very effective in using fossil fuel production as an electoral bludgeon against Democrats.
“If Giannoulias loses, the Republicans and the mainstream media are going to bludgeon Obama,” said Anderson.
He was rejoicing in the upheaval that permitted debts to be paid with a bludgeon and money to be made without toil.
I had this time taken care to come out provided with a stout bludgeon and a sword.
The secret of their power is their insensibility to blows; tickle them with a bludgeon and they laugh with a platitude.
He did not draw their blood personally with the usual weapons of homicide—pistol, dagger, bludgeon or ax.
He dealt the bludgeon blows of one who seemed to boast that he was not clever but tried to be honest.