the bludgeon bludgeon noun a stout heavy club , typically thicker at one end a person , line of argument , etc , that is effective but unsubtle verb to hit or knock down with or as with a bludgeon often followed by into , to force ; bully ; coercethey bludgeoned him into accepting the contract cargo was in his room , sitting cross legged on his made bed rocking back and forth like an imbecile , next to him lay the pile of ransacked wallets and purses that he had pick-pocketed at the expo , they all lay open like a cluster of clamshells , already shucked of their valuable innards .