noun
- a clumsy or inelegant solution to a problem, especially in computing or engineering
Usage: informal; computing
verb
- to create or implement a clumsy or makeshift solution
Usage: informal; computing
Examples
- The programmer created a kluge to fix the bug before the deadline.
- This software is full of kluges that make it hard to maintain.
- We had to kluge together a temporary fix for the server crash.
- The engineer’s kluge worked, but it wasn’t pretty.
- Rather than redesign the system, they kluged a solution.
- The code was a kluge of patches and workarounds.