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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun kludge has 1 sense

kludge(n = noun.group) - a badly assembled collection of parts hastily assembled to serve some particular purpose (often used to refer to computing systems or software that has been badly put together);

OXFORD DICTIONARY

kludge, n. orig. US sl.
1 an ill-assorted collection of poorly matching parts.
2 Computing a machine, system, or program that has been badly put together.