"kluge" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kluːd͡ʒ/ Forms: kluges [plural]
Rhymes: -uːdʒ Etymology: From US military slang, possibly from German klug (“clever”), or perhaps from Dutch Low Saxon klütje (“(little) dumpling, clod”), Jutland Danish klyt (“piece of bad workmanship, klud(g)e”); compare standard Danish kludder (“mess, disorder”). (Compare English klutz.) According to the OED, an "invented word" influenced by bodge and fudge. Compare kludge. Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|klug|t=clever}} German klug (“clever”), {{der|en|nds-nl|klütje|t=(little) dumpling, clod}} Dutch Low Saxon klütje (“(little) dumpling, clod”), {{cog|da|klyt|t=piece of bad workmanship, klud(g)e}} Danish klyt (“piece of bad workmanship, klud(g)e”), {{cog|da|kludder|t=mess, disorder}} Danish kludder (“mess, disorder”), {{m+|en|klutz}} English klutz, {{m|en|bodge}} bodge, {{m|en|fudge}} fudge, {{m|en|kludge}} kludge Head templates: {{en-noun}} kluge (plural kluges)
  1. Something that should not work, but does. Synonyms (something that should not work but does): workaround
    Sense id: en-kluge-en-noun-xsDCZy0g Disambiguation of 'something that should not work but does': 99 1
  2. A device assembled from components intended for disparate purposes.
    Sense id: en-kluge-en-noun-iApNWLdT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 62 24

Verb

IPA: /kluːd͡ʒ/ Forms: kluges [present, singular, third-person], kluging [participle, present], kluged [participle, past], kluged [past]
Rhymes: -uːdʒ Etymology: From US military slang, possibly from German klug (“clever”), or perhaps from Dutch Low Saxon klütje (“(little) dumpling, clod”), Jutland Danish klyt (“piece of bad workmanship, klud(g)e”); compare standard Danish kludder (“mess, disorder”). (Compare English klutz.) According to the OED, an "invented word" influenced by bodge and fudge. Compare kludge. Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|klug|t=clever}} German klug (“clever”), {{der|en|nds-nl|klütje|t=(little) dumpling, clod}} Dutch Low Saxon klütje (“(little) dumpling, clod”), {{cog|da|klyt|t=piece of bad workmanship, klud(g)e}} Danish klyt (“piece of bad workmanship, klud(g)e”), {{cog|da|kludder|t=mess, disorder}} Danish kludder (“mess, disorder”), {{m+|en|klutz}} English klutz, {{m|en|bodge}} bodge, {{m|en|fudge}} fudge, {{m|en|kludge}} kludge Head templates: {{en-verb}} kluge (third-person singular simple present kluges, present participle kluging, simple past and past participle kluged)
  1. Alternative form of kludge Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: kludge
    Sense id: en-kluge-en-verb-q1~qfy57

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for kluge meaning in English (4.2kB)

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