English Explanatory Dictionary

kluge

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Something that should not work, but does.
  2. A device assembled from components intended for disparate purposes.
verb
  1. Alternative spelling of kludge.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/kluːd͡ʒ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-kluge.wav

Word forms

kluge kluges kluging kluged

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.

Synonyms

workaround

Derived words

klugey
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