bludge

[ bluhj ]
/ blʌdʒ /
Australian

verb (used with object), bludged, bludg·ing.

to shirk.
to impose on (someone).

noun

an easy task.

Origin of bludge

1915–20; false analysis of bludgeon (v.) gives phrase bludge on to impose on; back formation from bludgeon (noun) gives bludge (v.) to use a bludgeon, whence bludger bully, especially a harlot's bully, pimp, hence shirker, whence bludge (v.) to shirk

OTHER WORDS FROM bludge

bludg·er, noun

Words nearby bludge

blub, blubber, blubberhead, blubbery, blucher, bludge, bludgeon, bludger, blue, blue agave, blue alert

Example sentences from the Web for bludger

  • Him, however, they had treated hospitably, very unlike their contemplated behaviour to Bludger and me.

    In the Wrong Paradise |Andrew Lang

  • When I entered the cave, Bludger fell a-trembling so violently that he could not speak.

    In the Wrong Paradise |Andrew Lang

  • Bludger, a low thief, who does not hesitate to use violence, literally one who will use a bludgeon.

    The Slang Dictionary |John Camden Hotten

  • Bludger had now recovered consciousness, and was picking up heart.

    In the Wrong Paradise |Andrew Lang

British Dictionary definitions for bludger (1 of 2)

bludger
/ (ˈblʌdʒə) /

noun Australian and NZ informal

a person who scrounges
a person who avoids work
a person in authority regarded as ineffectual by those working under him

British Dictionary definitions for bludger (2 of 2)

bludge
/ (blʌdʒ) Australian and NZ informal /

verb

(when intr , often foll by on) to scrounge from (someone)
(intr) to evade work
(intr) archaic to act as a pimp

noun

a very easy task; undemanding employment

Word Origin for bludge

C19: back formation from slang bludger pimp, from bludgeon