Bludgeoning
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Bludgeoning is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of bludgeon.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of bludgeon.
More Meanings
- An assault with a club or similar weapon.
Example Sentences
In the fell clutch of circumstance / I have not winced nor cried aloud. / Under the bludgeonings of chance / My head is bloody, but unbowed.
There was a motor car behind them now and it blasted into the truck noise and the dust with its klaxon again and again; then flashed on lights that showed the dust like a solid yellow cloud and surged past them in a whining rise of gears and a demanding, threatening, bludgeoning of klaxoning.
Word Forms
- bludgeonings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include club, bludgeonry, slugging, assault, bruising, cosh.
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