Meaning

4 senses

  1. (Australia, slang)A pimp, a man living off the earnings of a harlot.

  2. (Australia, New Zealand, derogatory, slang)A person who avoids working, or doing their share of work, a loafer, a hanger-on, one who does not pull their weight.

  3. A widespread species of large marine fish, Carangoides gymnostethus, in the jack family, Carangidae.

  4. A ball used in the sports of Quidditch and Muggle Quidditch.

More definitions
  • a slightly deflated dodge ball that is batted at by beaters

Origin

Corruption of bludgeoner.

Corruption of bludgeoner.

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Forms

plural: bludgers
Singularbludger
Pluralbludgers

regular

Synonyms

24 synonyms
bullyB2hoonmackabbotcock-bawddalaalfishmongerflashmanfleshmongerhustlermackerelmack daddymuttonmongernookie-bookie

Word family

3 related words
Relatedbludgefreeloaderfree rider

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
blubberC2bludgeonblueA1blueberry

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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