Bludge

Quick meaning: Bludge is a noun meaning (Australia, New Zealand, slang) The act of bludging.

Meaning

(Australia, New Zealand, slang) The act of bludging.

More Meanings

1. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Easy work, especially a subject at school that requires little effort.
2. (Australia, obsolete, slang) To live off the earnings of a prostitute.
3. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) To not earn one's keep, to live off someone else or off welfare when one could be working.
4. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) To avoid one's responsibilities; to leave it to others to perform duties that one is expected to perform.
5. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) To do nothing, to be idle, especially when there is work to be done.
6. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) To take some benefit and give nothing in return.

Example Sentences

One of the mess orderlies had consistently bludged on the rest of us all day.

‘Seriously, you′ve got sheep at school?’ I said. ‘Yeah, heaps of kids here do Ag. Reckon it′s a big bludge, like drama.’

A friend offered him a job working as a handyman in his carpet factory – a Mr Fix-it. Effectively off the bludge and back on track.

Now, you get back out there and you bludge! I don't want to see anyone working, OK? I don't want to see any pick-axes, any hammers, or nothing.

Word Forms

• bludges
• bludging
• bludged

Synonyms for bludge

Depending on context, synonyms include doddle, freeload, sponge, shirk, idle, laze.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include bludger, blodger, bludgeoner, grub, bleeder, boonga.

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