English-Thai Dictionary

bludgeon

N กระบอง สั้น  club kra-bong-san

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BLUDGEON

n.A short stick, with one end loaded or thicker and heavier than the other, and used as an offensive weapon by low persons.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BLUDGEON

Bludg "eon, n. Etym: [Cf. Ir. blocan a little block, Gael. plocan a mallet, W. plocyn, dim. of ploc block; or perh. connected with E. blow a stroke. Cf. Block, Blow a stroke. ]

 

Defn: A short stick, with one end loaded, or thicker and heavier that the other, used as an offensive weapon.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

bludge

bludge |blʌdʒ |Austral. /NZ informal ▶verb [ no obj. ] shirk responsibility and live off the efforts of others: they were sick of bludging on the public. • [ with obj. ] cadge or scrounge: the girls bludged smokes. ▶noun an easy job or assignment. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: back-formation from bludger .

 

bludgeon

bludg eon |ˈbləjən ˈbləʤən | ▶noun a thick stick with a heavy end, used as a weapon: figurative : a rhetorical bludgeon in the war against liberalism. ▶verb [ with obj. ] beat (someone ) repeatedly with a bludgeon or other heavy object. • force or bully (someone ) to do something: she was determined not to be bludgeoned into submission. • (bludgeon one's way ) make one's way by brute force. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: of unknown origin.

 

bludger

bludg ¦er |ˈblʌdʒə | ▶noun Austral. /NZ informal a scrounger. • an idle or lazy person. ORIGIN mid 19th cent. (originally British slang denoting a pimp, specifically one who robbed his prostitute's clients ): abbreviation of bludgeoner, from bludgeon .

 

Oxford Dictionary

bludge

bludge |blʌdʒ |Austral. /NZ informal ▶verb [ no obj. ] shirk responsibility and live off the efforts of others: they were sick of bludging on the public. • [ with obj. ] cadge or scrounge: the girls bludged smokes. ▶noun an easy job or assignment. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: back-formation from bludger .

 

bludgeon

bludgeon |ˈblʌdʒ (ə )n | ▶noun a thick stick with a heavy end, used as a weapon. ▶verb [ with obj. ] beat (someone ) repeatedly with a bludgeon or other heavy object. • force or bully (someone ) to do something: she was determined not to be bludgeoned into submission. • (bludgeon one's way ) make one's way by brute force. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: of unknown origin.

 

bludger

bludg ¦er |ˈblʌdʒə | ▶noun Austral. /NZ informal a scrounger. • an idle or lazy person. ORIGIN mid 19th cent. (originally British slang denoting a pimp, specifically one who robbed his prostitute's clients ): abbreviation of bludgeoner, from bludgeon .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

bludgeon

bludgeon noun hooligans wielding bludgeons: cudgel, club, stick, truncheon, baton; nightstick, billy club, blackjack. ▶verb he was bludgeoned to death: batter, cudgel, club, beat, thrash; clobber, pummel.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

bludgeon

bludgeon noun they were violently assaulted by hooligans wielding bludgeons: cudgel, club, stick, truncheon, baton, bat, heavy weapon, blunt instrument; N. Amer. nightstick, blackjack; Brit. informal cosh. ▶verb 1 he was waylaid by four of them and bludgeoned to death: batter, cudgel, club, strike, hit, beat, beat up, hammer, thrash; informal clobber. 2 there are few things worse than being bludgeoned into reading a book you hate: coerce, force, compel, press, pressurize, pressure, drive, bully, browbeat, hector, badger, dragoon, steamroller; oblige, make, prevail on, constrain; informal strong-arm, railroad, bulldoze, put the screws on, turn /tighten the screws on.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

bludge

bludge /blʌdʒ /動詞 自動詞 ｟豪 ニュージー 俗 ｠(仕事を )サボる ; (人に )たかる (on ).他動詞 〈人 〉にたかる .名詞 C 楽な仕事 .

 

bludgeon

bludg eon /blʌ́dʒ (ə )n /名詞 C こん棒 ; 非難 .動詞 他動詞 ｟かたく ｠1 〖～ A into /out of doing 〗A 〈人 〉を脅かして …させる [やめさせる ].2 …をこん棒で何度も打つ ; …をなぐって «…の » 状態にする «to » .