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Usually means: Inefficient fix; clumsy yet functional.
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We found 34 dictionaries that define the word kludge:

General dictionaries General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. kludge: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. kludge: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. kludge: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. kludge: Collins English Dictionary
  5. kludge: Wordnik
  6. kludge: Wiktionary
  7. kludge: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. kludge: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. kludge: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. kludge: Dictionary.com
  11. Kludge (magazine), Kludge: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. kludge: Rhymezone
  13. kludge: Free Dictionary
  14. kludge: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. kludge: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  16. Kludge: The Word Detective
  17. kludge: Dictionary/thesaurus
  18. Kludge: World Wide Words

Computing dictionaries Computing (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. kludge: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. kludge: CCI Computer
  3. I T Glossary (No longer online)
  4. kludge: Encyclopedia

Medicine dictionaries Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous dictionaries Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. KLUDGE: Acronym Finder
  2. kludge, kludge: A Word A Day

Slang dictionaries Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. kludge: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. kludge: Urban Dictionary

Sports dictionaries Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. 2060 Shadow-Slang (No longer online)

Tech dictionaries Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)

(Note: See kludges as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (informal, electronics, engineering) An improvised device, typically crudely constructed to test the validity of a principle before doing a finished design.
noun:  (informal) Any construction or practice, typically crude yet effective, designed to solve a problem temporarily or expediently.
noun:  (informal, computing) An amalgamated mass of unrelated parts.
noun:  (informal, computing) A badly written or makeshift piece of software; a hack.
verb:  (informal, transitive) To build or use a kludge.

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