Bludgeon - English meaning

noun

An implement with a handle and a solid surface, typically of wood, used for hitting the ball in games such as cricket, baseball, and table tennis.

Usage examples:

A cricket bat

verb

(of a sports team or player) take the role of hitting rather than throwing the ball.

Usage examples:

Australia reached 263 for 4 after choosing to bat

noun

A mainly nocturnal mammal capable of sustained flight, with membranous wings that extend between the fingers and limbs.

Usage examples:

Small and furry, bats are the only mammals to have achieved powered flight.

noun

A thin stick used by a conductor to direct an orchestra or choir.

Usage examples:

He waved a hand in the air like he was holding a baton and conducting an orchestra.

noun

Any of various specially designed sticks used in races, to lead a group of musicians, or thrown in the air by people who are marching

Usage examples:

She twirls a baton as the parade passes by., he waves his fork like a conductor’s baton.

noun

A stick used by a conductor (= person who controls the performance of a group of musicians) to show the speed of the music

verb

Strike repeatedly with hard blows.

Usage examples:

A prisoner was battered to death with a table leg

noun

A semi-liquid mixture of flour, egg, and milk or water, used for making pancakes or for coating food before frying.

Usage examples:

Pancake batter

noun

(in various sports, especially baseball) a player who is batting.

verb

Strike (a person or an animal) repeatedly and violently so as to hurt or injure them, typically with an implement such as a club or whip.

Usage examples:

If we were caught we were beaten

noun

A main accent or rhythmic unit in music or poetry.

Usage examples:

The glissando begins on the second beat

adjective

Short for beatnik.

noun

A gambling card game in which players try to acquire cards with a face value totalling 21 and no more.

Usage examples:

The site offers slots, roulette and animated card games including poker and blackjack.

noun

A type of card game played for money

noun

A short, thick metal stick covered in rubber or leather, used to hit people with

verb

Hit (someone) hard.

Usage examples:

If he does that i'll clobber him!

noun

Clothing, personal belongings, or equipment.

Usage examples:

I found all his clobber in the locker

verb

Add enamelled decoration to (porcelain).

Usage examples:

The hateful practice of clobbering oriental porcelain, already begun, pointed a cheap and easy way …

noun

An association dedicated to a particular interest or activity.

Usage examples:

I belong to a photographic club

verb

Combine with others so as to collect a sum of money for a particular purpose.

Usage examples:

Friends and colleagues clubbed together to buy him a present

verb

Beat (a person or animal) with a club or similar implement.

Usage examples:

The islanders clubbed whales to death

noun

A thick, heavy stick or bar used as a weapon.

Usage examples:

The defendants deny having a self-loading pistol and a telescopic cosh

verb

Hit (someone) on the head with a cosh.

Usage examples:

The other coshed him and he fell unconscious

abbreviation

Hyperbolic cosine.

noun

A short, thick stick used as a weapon.

Usage examples:

The notion that peace demonstrators had arrived at a demonstration tooled-up with cudgels and sword…

verb

Beat with a cudgel.

Usage examples:

They would lie in wait and cudgel her to death

noun

A short, heavy stick used for hitting people

noun

A tool with a heavy metal head mounted at right angles at the end of a handle, used for jobs such as breaking things and driving in nails.

Usage examples:

Grip pressure should be firm but not tight - about the way you would grip a hammer's handle while d…

verb

Another term for malleus.

proper noun

A british film company (full name hammer film productions) founded in 1948, known especially for its horror films.

Usage examples:

A hammer horror movie

verb

Bring one's hand or a tool or weapon into contact with (someone or something) quickly and forcefully.

Usage examples:

The woman hit the mugger with her umbrella

noun

An instance of striking or being struck.

Usage examples:

Few structures can withstand a hit from a speeding car

verb

Deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument

noun

A police officer's truncheon.

Usage examples:

Most police officers carry a nightstick, with only designated officers carrying sidearms.

noun

A thick heavy stick used as a weapon by police officers

noun

A thin piece of wood that has fallen or been cut off a tree.

Usage examples:

Hayes picked up a fallen stick and twirled it idly between his fingers.

verb

Push a sharp or pointed object into or through (something).

Usage examples:

He stuck his fork into the sausage

verb

A long thin implement resembling a length of wood

verb

Hit forcibly and deliberately with one's hand or a weapon or other implement.

Usage examples:

He raised his hand, as if to strike me

noun

A refusal to work organized by a body of employees as a form of protest, typically in an attempt to gain a concession or concessions from their employer.

Usage examples:

Dockers voted for an all-out strike

verb

Deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon

verb

Beat (a person or animal) repeatedly and violently with a stick or whip.

Usage examples:

She thrashed him across the head and shoulders

noun

A violent or noisy movement of beating or thrashing.

Usage examples:

The thrash of the waves

verb

Give a beating to

noun

A short, thick stick carried as a weapon by a police officer.

Usage examples:

Rowan and mayne limited constables' weapons to the truncheon, carried concealed until 1863.