bludge
/blʌdʒ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.13 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Easy work, especially a subject at school that requires little effort.
Australian usage; New Zealand usage; Slang; Uncountable
verb
To not earn one's keep, to live off someone else or off welfare when one could be working.
Australian usage; New Zealand usage; Slang
verb
To avoid one's responsibilities; to leave it to others to perform duties that one is expected to perform.
Australian usage; New Zealand usage; Slang
verb
To do nothing, to be idle, especially when there is work to be done.
Australian usage; New Zealand usage; Slang
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Oh, my name is Gecko and I just thought the whole unit was a bludge, sometimes it got really boring. But like I said I could just fall asleep and let my group members do all the work. And still almost pass."
- "‘Seriously, you′ve got sheep at school?’ I said. ‘Yeah, heaps of kids here do Ag. Reckon it′s a big bludge, like drama.’"
- "The second last Thursday in first term of Year Nine, Jason and I bludged school for the first time together. It wasn't Jason's first time. He bludged school regularly, but I never used to miss days unless I was really sick."
- "One of the mess orderlies had consistently bludged on the rest of us all day."
- "We had the member for Piako saying as recently as last year, when dealing with social security benefits and increases, “I feel myself that when we have able-bodied men and women who would bludge and draw the pension, there is something wrong.”"
Etymology
Back-formation from bludger.