name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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Standard Lemma guide
kluge
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/kluːd͡ʒ/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -uːdʒ
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CMU ARPABET: K L UW1 JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Something that should not work, but does.
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noun
Meaning 3
A device assembled from components intended for disparate purposes.
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verb
Meaning 4
Alternative spelling of kludge.
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History
Etymology
From the German surname meaning "clever one, "from klug (“clever”) + -e.
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.