- bludged
- v. shirk, avoid work, avoid responsibility; live off the efforts of others n. (New Zealand and Australia) easy job, easy task, easy assignment
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
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bludge — UK [blʌdʒ] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms bludge : present tense I/you/we/they bludge he/she/it bludges present participle bludging past tense bludged past participle bludged Australian informal to get things from other people… … English dictionary
bludge — verb (bludged; bludging) Etymology: back formation from British argot bludger pimp, probably contraction of bludgeoner one wielding a bludgeon, from bludgeon Date: circa 1919 intransitive verb 1. chiefly Australian … New Collegiate Dictionary
bludge — bludger, n. /bluj/, v., bludged, bludging, n. Australian. v.t. 1. to shirk. 2. to impose on (someone). n. 3. an easy task. [1915 20; false analysis of BLUDGEON (v.) gives phrase bludge on to impose on; back formation from BLUDGEON (n.) gives… … Universalium
bludge — [c]/blʌdʒ / (say bluj) Colloquial –verb (bludged, bludging) –verb (i) 1. to evade responsibilities. 2. to be idle; do nothing: we spent Saturday just bludging around the house. 3. → pimp (def. 4). –verb (t) 4. to cadge. –noun 5. a job which… …
