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bludger
noun
A slightly deflated dodge ball that is batted at by beaters
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noun
A slightly deflated dodge ball that is batted at by beaters
“{'source': 'UD_English-GUM Corpus', 'text': 'Beaters can try hitting the bludgers around in the air with a shortened hockey sticks or a short bat.'}”
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{'source': 'UD_English-GUM Corpus', 'text': 'Beaters can try hitting the bludgers around in the air with a shortened hockey sticks or a short bat.'}
{'source': 'UD_English-GUM Corpus', 'text': "This guide suggests ways to play Harry Potter's game of Quidditch in real life (Muggle Quidditch), by optionally riding on brooms, using three deflated dodge balls as bludgers for beaters to bat at players, a volleyball as a quaffle for chasers to throw into goal hoops, and a coin, ball or a running person as the snitch, which possibly blindfolded seekers must find."}
{'source': 'UD_English-GUM Corpus', 'text': 'Place the quaffle and three bludgers in the middle of the field.'}
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