Bludgeoner is a derived term of bludgeon.
As nouns the difference between bludgeoner and bludgeon
is that
bludgeoner is one who bludgeons while
bludgeon is a short, heavy club, often of wood, which is thicker or loaded at one end.
As a verb bludgeon is
to strike or hit with something hard, usually on the head; to club.
Other Comparisons: What's the difference?
bludgeoner English
Noun
( en noun)
One who bludgeons.
* 2007 , '', October 27 Puppy-Killer Gets 9 Months in Cage
- An unemployed, coke-abusing dog-bludgeoner was sentenced yesterday to nine months in prison by a Manhattan Supreme Court judge who called the man's 2005 murder of his pet "unimaginable."
* 1898 , Francis Fisher Browne, Waldo Ralph Browne - The Dial: A Semi-monthly Journal of Literary Criticism, Discussion, and Information page 8
- If one is stopped on the highway, one would rather hand one's purse over to a courteous knight than to the rough-and-ready bludgeoner .
Related terms
* bludger
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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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