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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of kludge.

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Examples

  • All the equipment has a kludged-together garage look, bristling with cords and dials and whatnot.

    Avatar: Creating The World Of Pandora 2010

  • This is “a bad thing”, especially when XML is being kludged into pseudo-programming language behavior.

    XML Abuse « dudegalea 2008

  • Christ, the ship's just full of kludged-up stuff, it's all we can do to get all the kludges put down on the drawings.

    I Don’t Understand ? Jack Varnell 2010

  • Sign inI was going to check out Glenn Reynolds's video — SO I COVERED THE KNOXVILLE TEA PARTY LIVE, with an experimental I kludged it together myself! wireless broadband camera rig consisting of a JVC pro DV camera firewired into my Macbook Pro, then connecting to PJTV studios over iChat using a Verizon broadband card.

    "The video you have selected requires you to be a member of Pajamas TV." Ann Althouse 2009

  • In many ways, after they bought the house, my parents kludged together various repairs so it would be livable.

    A Year Ago Today: Burstein House Sold 2008

  • I was dragged into Second Life kicking and screaming, protesting all the way, "No, I'd rather not try yet another lame VRML hack with blinking textures and kludged- together-features..." but my friend insisted, gave me a demo and I grudgingly admitted that there might be promise.

    Jopsy Pendragon's particles - the most fitting way to bring in a New Year - Happy 2008, everyone! Bettina Tizzy 2007

  • I was dragged into Second Life kicking and screaming, protesting all the way, "No, I'd rather not try yet another lame VRML hack with blinking textures and kludged- together-features..." but my friend insisted, gave me a demo and I grudgingly admitted that there might be promise.

    Archive 2007-12-01 Bettina Tizzy 2007

  • Dave Zatz, no slouch when it comes to connecting media hardware, kludged his way to a “CinemaNow - PC - Xbox 360 - TV” setup to get CinemaNow working on his home tube.

    CinemaNow Adds Shows, but Who’s Watching? 2006

  • Naturally, this annoys the proponents of an Intelligent Designer, and they have been looking for ways to put a better spin on the kludged design of the vertebrate eye.

    Denton vs Squid; the eye as suboptimal design. - The Panda's Thumb 2006

  • I think I want somebody to give me a cookbook of rules to help me set up the layout from the beginning so it doesn't come out looking kludged.

    Making Figures Sucks, or I Suck At Making Figures 2006

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