bludge /blʌdʒ/verb 5noun 2forms 3 verb5 •(Australia, slang) To not earn one's keep, to live off someone else or off welfare when one could be working. •(Australia, slang) To take some benefit and give nothing in return.Can I bludge a cigarette off you? •(Australia, slang) To avoid one's responsibilities; to leave it to others to perform duties that one is expected to perform.One of the mess orderlies had consistently bludged on the rest of us all day. — 2002 •(Australia, slang) To do nothing, to be idle, especially when there is work to be done.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. — 1998 •(slang, no longer used) To live off the earnings of a prostitute. noun2 •(Australia, slang) The act of bludging.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. — 2007 •(Australia, slang) Easy work, especially a subject at school that requires little effort.‘Seriously, you′ve got sheep at school?’ I said. ‘Yeah, heaps of kids here do Ag. Reckon it′s a big bludge, like drama.’ — 2011 formsbludged · bludging · bludges
