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kluge

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Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
13
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/kluːd͡ʒ/

Definition of kluge

4 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Something that should not work, but does.
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noun

  1. Something that should not work, but does.
  2. A device assembled from components intended for disparate purposes.

verb

  1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of kludge.

name

  1. A surname.

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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.

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