Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to kludge
Participle: kludged
Gerund: kludging
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | kludge |
| you | kludge |
| he;she;it | kludges |
| we | kludge |
| you | kludge |
| they | kludge |
Perfect
| I | have kludged |
| you | have kludged |
| he;she;it | has kludged |
| we | have kludged |
| you | have kludged |
| they | have kludged |
Past
| I | kludged |
| you | kludged |
| he;she;it | kludged |
| we | kludged |
| you | kludged |
| they | kludged |
Pluperfect
| I | had kludged |
| you | had kludged |
| he;she;it | had kludged |
| we | had kludged |
| you | had kludged |
| they | had kludged |
Future
| I | will kludge |
| you | will kludge |
| he;she;it | will kludge |
| we | will kludge |
| you | will kludge |
| they | will kludge |
Future Perfect
| I | will have kludged |
| you | will have kludged |
| he;she;it | will have kludged |
| we | will have kludged |
| you | will have kludged |
| they | will have kludged |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | kludge |
| you | kludge |
| he;she;it | kludge |
| we | kludge |
| you | kludge |
| they | kludge |
Perfect
| I | have kludged |
| you | have kludged |
| he;she;it | have kludged |
| we | have kludged |
| you | have kludged |
| they | have kludged |
Imperfect
| I | kludged |
| you | kludged |
| he;she;it | kludged |
| we | kludged |
| you | kludged |
| they | kludged |
Pluperfect
| I | had kludged |
| you | had kludged |
| he;she;it | had kludged |
| we | had kludged |
| you | had kludged |
| they | had kludged |
Conditional
Present
| I | would kludge |
| you | would kludge |
| he;she;it | would kludge |
| we | would kludge |
| you | would kludge |
| they | would kludge |
Perfect
| I | would have kludged |
| you | would have kludged |
| he;she;it | would have kludged |
| we | would have kludged |
| you | would have kludged |
| they | would have kludged |
Imperative
| you | kludge |
| we | Let's kludge |
| you | kludge |
Verbs conjugated like 'kludge'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'kludge'
bludge,
cludge,
kluge,
sludge,
blunge,
budge,
drudge,
elude,
fledge,
flidge,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to make a temporary alteration
- frig
- make a temporary repair
- bodge
- To make a temporary, improvised repair.
- repair
- to build or use a temporary solution
- bodge, cludge, cobble together, jury-rig, kluge, knock together, knock up, MacGyver, make-do, patch, patch-up
Antonyms
- to build or use a temporary solution
- engineer, plan
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Perhaps from British military slang, possibly based on Scots word kludge or kludgie (“common toilet”), or perhaps from German klug (“clever”). Alternatively, possibly related to Polish klucz (“key, clue, main point”) and Russian ключ (ključ, “key, clue”).
2. Alternatively, perhaps from (a form related to) Germanic words such as Dutch Low Saxon klütje (“(little) dumpling, clod”), Dutch kluit(je) or Jutland Danish klyt (“piece of bad workmanship, klud(g)e”); compare and standard Danish kludder (“mess, disorder”). (Compare klutz.)
3. There is evidence that kluge (which see) was once a separate word with similar meaning but separate derivation, but the spelling kludge was widely popularized in the US by an article in Datamation "How to Design a Kludge" (1962), and since then the two words have often been used as alternative spellings of each other.
4. According to the OED, an "invented word" influenced by bodge and fudge.
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