Definition of "bludgeon" in English

noun

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

   • We smashed the radio with a steel bludgeon.

verb

1. (transitive) To strike or hit with something hard, usually on the head; to club.

   • The apprehended rioter was bludgeoned to death.

2. (transitive) To coerce someone, as if with a bludgeon.

   • Their favorite method was bludgeoning us with the same old arguments in favor of their opinions.