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Bludger Object information Usage Used to knock players off their Broomsticks in Quidditch [Source]

"The Bludgers rocket around trying to knock players off their brooms." —Oliver Wood[src]

A Bludger is a black iron ball used in the wizarding sport of Quidditch. It is ten inches in diameter. There are two Bludgers used in every match, which are bewitched to fly around and try to knock the players off of their broomsticks. It is the Beaters' job to protect their teammates from the Bludgers and at the same time aim them towards the opposing players.[1]

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History

Early Bludgers (known as Blooders) were simply rocks bewitched to chase players around the field. These were eventually too fragile, and could be smashed by a Beater's bat, which ended up with players being chased by flying gravel for the rest of the game. After a few years, Bludgers were made out of lead, which was also too soft for Bludger manufacture. The magically reinforced Beater's bats could dent it, thus impairing their ability to fly straight. All Bludgers are currently made of iron. The history of this latest development was discovered by Agatha Chubb, who discovered sixteenth-century lead Bludgers in an English peat bog.[2]

In 1992, Dobby the House-elf magically tampered with a Bludger to make it only chase Harry Potter, while it would normally try to attack all players equally.[3]

Behind the scenes

Assuming a Bludger is solid iron, it would weigh approximately 149 pounds. [4]

The Wizarding World of Harry Potter sells toy Bat and Bludger sets. But the bludger ball measures 5 inches in diameter instead of 10.

The bludgers are black in the books, but in the films they are dark brown.

Etymology

The word is probably derived from "bludgeon".

Translations

Albanian: Fluturak

Bulgarian: Блъджър (Bl"dzh"r)

Catalan: Bala (bullet)

(bullet) Chinese (PRC): 游走球

Chinese (Taiwan): 摶格

Croatian: maljac

Czech: Potlouk (from a root with a sense of "suppressor")

(from a root with a sense of "suppressor") Danish: Smasher (as in the English word "smash")

(as in the English word "smash") Dutch: Beuker (beaters)

(beaters) Estonian: klomm

Faroese: Gartla

Finnish: ryhmy

French: Cognard ( cogner "knock")

( "knock") German: Klatscher (from klatschen "to slap" or "to hit")

(from "to slap" or "to hit") Greek, Ancient: ῥοπαλοσφαίριον (ball to be hit with bat)

(ball to be hit with bat) Greek, Modern: μαύρη μπάλα (black ball)

(black ball) Hebrew: מרביצן (hitter)

(hitter) Hindi: पहलवान (pahalavān)

Hungarian: gurkó

Icelandic: rotari

Italian: Bolide (generic term used for a large, fast-moving object)

(generic term used for a large, fast-moving object) Japanese: ブラッジャー (burajjaa)

Latin: Bludgeri

Lithuanian: Muštukas

Norwegian: klabb

Polish: tłuczek

Portuguese (Portugal): Bludger

Portuguese (Brazil): Balaço (Big Bullet)

(Big Bullet) Romanian: Balon-Ghiulea (Cannon Ball)

(Cannon Ball) Russian: Бладжер

Serbian: Блаџерка (Bladžerka)

Slovak: dorážačka

Slovenian: štamf

Spanish: bludger

Swedish: Dunkare

Ukrainian: бладжер (bladzher)

Welsh: Dilynwyr

Appearances

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