bludgeon

English - Turkish

Definition of bludgeon in English Turkish dictionary: kısa ve kalın sopa; sopayla dövmek; cop; {f} sopa ile vur; sopa
Leyla, Sami'yi sopayla ölümüne dövdü. - Layla bludgeoned Sami to death.; {f} zorlamak; {f} sopalamak; {f} ağır bir cisimle vurmak; {f} coplamak; {f} zorla yaptırmak; bludgeon sopayla vur; sopa ile vurmak
bludgeon s.o. into doing s.t: birini bir şey yapmaya zorlamak
bludgeon s.o. into: birini bir şey yapmaya zorlamak
bludgeoning: coplama
bludgeoning: sopalama

English - English

Definition of bludgeon in English English dictionary: To coerce someone, as if with a bludgeon
Their favorite method was bludgeoning us with the same old arguments in favor of their opinions.; To strike or hit with something hard, usually on the head; to club
The apprehended rioter was bludgeoned to death.; A short, heavy club, often of wood, which is thicker or loaded at one end
We smashed the radio with a steel bludgeon.; {n} a short thick stick, a weapon; A short heavy club, often of wood, which is thicker or loaded at one end; A short stick, with one end loaded, or thicker and heavier that the other, used as an offensive weapon; {i} club, truncheon, cudgel; To clubber, hit with a bludgeon; overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club; "The teacher bludgeoned the students into learning the math formulas"; If someone bludgeons you into doing something, they make you do it by behaving aggressively. Their approach simply bludgeons you into submission = bulldoze. a heavy stick with a thick end, used as a weapon; strike with a club or a bludgeon; a club used as a weapon; {f} strike with a bludgeon, hit with heavy impact; a club used as a weapon overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club; "The teacher bludgeoned the students into learning the math formulas; To bludgeon someone means to hit them several times with a heavy object. He broke into the old man's house and bludgeoned him with a hammer A wealthy businessman has been found bludgeoned to death
bludgeoned: Simple past tense and past participle of bludgeon
A bludgeon: knobkierie
bludgeoned: past of bludgeon
bludgeoning: present participle of bludgeon
bludgeons: third-person singular of bludgeon
bludgeons: plural of bludgeon

bludgeon

Hyphenation

bludg·eon

Turkish pronunciation

blʌcın

Synonyms

cudgel, harrass, pummel

Pronunciation

/ˈbləʤən/ /ˈblʌʤən/

Etymology

[ 'bl&-j&n ] (noun.) circa 1730. First attested in 1730. Origin uncertain, perhaps of Cornish origin or from Middle French bougeon, a diminutive of bouge (“club, stick”).