bludging

Verb

bludge (third-person singular simple present bludges, present participle bludging, simple 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.

   Synonyms:

   freeload, sponge

3. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) To avoid one's responsibilities; to leave it to others to perform duties that one is expected to perform.
   • 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.1999, Tony Shillitoe, Joy Ride, page 64

   Synonyms:

   shirk

4. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) To do nothing, to be idle, especially when there is work to be done.
   • 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.”1967, New Zealand House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates, page 3164

   Synonyms:

   idle, laze, lounge

5. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) To take some benefit and give nothing in return.
   • Can I bludge a cigarette off you?

   Synonyms:

   cadge, scrounge

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