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Bludgeon vs Knobkierie - What's the difference?

bludgeon | knobkierie |

As nouns the difference between bludgeon and knobkierie

is that bludgeon is a short, heavy club, often of wood, which is thicker or loaded at one end while knobkierie is south african: a fighting stick usually with a knob on the end.

As a verb bludgeon

is to strike or hit with something hard, usually on the head; to club.

bludgeon

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A short, heavy club, often of wood, which is thicker or loaded at one end.
    • We smashed the radio with a steel bludgeon .

    See also

    * truncheon

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To strike or hit with something hard, usually on the head; to club.
    • The apprehended rioter was bludgeoned to death.
  • To coerce someone, as if with a bludgeon.
    • Their favorite method was bludgeoning us with the same old arguments in favor of their opinions.

    Synonyms

    * (to club) cudgel * (coerce) harrass, pummel

    Derived terms

    * bludgeoner

    Related terms

    * clobber * beat

    References

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    knobkierie

    English

    Alternative forms

    * knopkierie

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • South African: A fighting stick usually with a knob on the end.
  • A bludgeon.

    • See also

    * Kierie * nulla nulla Australian * Canadian

    References

    * Jean Bradford. A dictionary of South African English. Oxford 1978. South African English