bludge
verb /blʌdʒ/
/blʌdʒ/
(Australian English, New Zealand English, informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they bludge | /blʌdʒ/ /blʌdʒ/ |
| he / she / it bludges | /ˈblʌdʒɪz/ /ˈblʌdʒɪz/ |
| past simple bludged | /blʌdʒd/ /blʌdʒd/ |
| past participle bludged | /blʌdʒd/ /blʌdʒd/ |
| -ing form bludging | /ˈblʌdʒɪŋ/ /ˈblʌdʒɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to not do any work and live from what other people give you
- [transitive] bludge something to ask somebody for something especially because you cannot or do not want to pay for it yourself synonym cadge, scrounge
- The girls bludged smokes.
Word Originlate 19th cent.: back-formation from bludger.