bludge

Slack off lazily

Bludge is Australian and New Zealand slang for avoiding work or responsibility, loafing around instead of pulling your weight: He's been bludging all afternoon while we do the heavy lifting.

A bludger is someone who habitually does this—or more broadly, someone who sponges off others.

To bludge something is to scrounge or cadge it: Can I bludge a cigarette?

loaf

laze

Pass time idly

  • slackAbsence of tautness
  • loafBaked bread shape
  • idleWithout activity or purpose

shirk · skive · dawdle · lounge · vegetate · bum around · do nothing · goof off · slack off · waste time

scrounge

mooch

Obtain by begging

scrounge · borrow · beg · leech · panhandle · bum · freeloader · moocher · scrounger · sponger

Opposites
work effort

bludgelabour

Strenuous effort expended

work · toil · hustle · graft · slog

self-reliance

bludgeprovide

Supply or make available

earn · contribute · pull one's weight · pitch in · chip in

Family

bludgeon, bludger, bludgeoning, bludgeoned, bludgers

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Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G