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# bludger

«bludger» in Mova's school dictionary: **A lazy person who avoids work or lets others do it, or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a bludger, bludgers — Australia, New Zealand, slang); noun (Bludger — Harry Potter)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (Australia, NZ, slang) A lazy person who avoids work or lets others do it, or someone who lives on other people's money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bludger/#m1)

2) In the Harry Potter books, a Bludger is a heavy ball in the game of Quidditch that flies around trying to knock players off their brooms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bludger/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In Australian and New Zealand everyday talk, «bludger» is a mildly insulting slang word; «dole bludger» is a rude name for someone on unemployment money. Verb «bludge»: to slack off, and «a bludge» is an easy task. For many children it is first known from Harry Potter.

### examples

- Get up and help, you bludger! (Australia, slang) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bludger/#x1)
- He's a bit of a bludger, he never washes up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bludger/#x2)
- P.E. today was a total bludge. (Australia, slang) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bludger/#x3)
- The Bludger nearly knocked Harry off his broom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bludger/#x4)
- Beaters hit the Bludgers away from their team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bludger/#x5)
- Don't be a bludger, do your share of the project. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bludger/#x6)

### note

Countable: a bludger, bludgers. Slang and rude-ish, mostly Australia and NZ; not used in formal writing. Calling someone a «dole bludger» is unkind and unfair to people who need help. In Harry Potter it is written with a capital B.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bludger» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bludger/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.