English
bludge
Noun

bludge (uncountable)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) The act of bludging.
  2. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Easy work.
    • 2011, Irini Savvides, Sky Legs, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=iDIRf4I0CoUC&pg=PT32&dq=%22bludge%22|%22bludges%22|%22bludging%22|%22bludged%22+-intitle:%22bludging%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=NlX4TsTLKcb4mAXn7uClAg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22bludge%22|%22bludges%22|%22bludging%22|%22bludged%22%20-intitle%3A%22bludging%22&f=false unnumbered page],
      ‘Seriously, you′ve got sheep at school?’ I said.
      ‘Yeah, heaps of kids here do Ag. Reckon it′s a big bludge, like drama.’
Synonyms Verb

bludge (bludges, present participle bludging; past and past participle bludged)

  1. (Australia, obsolete, slang) To live off the earnings of a prostitute.
  2. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) To not earn one's keep, to live off someone else or off welfare when one could be working.
  3. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) To avoid one's responsibilities; to leave it to others to perform duties that one is expected to perform.
    • 2002, Donald Friend, Anne Gray (editor), The Diaries of Donald Friend, Volume 1, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=phKd3b6kQOwC&pg=PA343&dq=%22bludge%22|%22bludges%22|%22bludging%22|%22bludged%22+-intitle:%22bludging%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=GSb4To3MOs2HmQXj3IC2Ag&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22bludge%22|%22bludges%22|%22bludging%22|%22bludged%22%20-intitle%3A%22bludging%22&f=false page 343],
      One of the mess orderlies had consistently bludged on the rest of us all day.
  4. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) To do nothing, to be idle, especially when there is work to be done.
    • 1998, Marion Halligan, Rosanne Fitzgibbon, The gift of story: Three decades of UQP short stories, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=qdMgAQAAIAAJ&q=%22bludge%22|%22bludges%22|%22bludging%22|%22bludged%22+-intitle:%22bludging%22&dq=%22bludge%22|%22bludges%22|%22bludging%22|%22bludged%22+-intitle:%22bludging%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9Vj4TuudEe_HmQWf3MC0Ag&redir_esc=y page 96],
      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.
    • 2004, John Smyth, Robert Hattam, et al., ‘Dropping Out,’ Drifting Off, Being Excluded: Becoming Somebody Without School, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=V23j2VOz45AC&pg=PA53&dq=%22bludge%22|%22bludges%22|%22bludging%22|%22bludged%22+-intitle:%22bludging%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=GSb4To3MOs2HmQXj3IC2Ag&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22bludge%22|%22bludges%22|%22bludging%22|%22bludged%22%20-intitle%3A%22bludging%22&f=false page 53],
      I mean, school′s like a job. If you work for it you get your grades; if you work your hours you get your money. But if you bludge, you don't get money; if you bludge you don't get any grades. That's something that I didn't realize when I was young.
  5. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) To take some benefit and give nothing in return.
    Can I bludge a cigarette off you?
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  • Russian: тунеядствовать
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