English

Etymology
Origin uncertain; recorded since 1868, from an earlier noun (1730), perhaps from MF. bougeon, a diminutive of bouge "club, stick".

Noun
en-noun

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

#:She smashed the radio with a steel bludgeon.

See also
truncheon

Verb
en-verb

1. To clubber, hit with a bludgeon

#:The man in the brown coat was bludgeoned to death.

References
R:Online Etymology Dictionary

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