Definition
In cricket, a bowler who bowls fast, aggressive balls to intimidate batters, or in Australian slang, someone who shirks work.
Etymology
From 'bludge' plus '-er' suffix. In cricket, the term became common in the 19th century; in Australian slang it refers to lazy workers.
Kelly Says
In Harry Potter, the 'Bludgers' are flying balls that attack players, and the name was perfect because real cricket 'bludgers' do exactly that—attack with relentless aggressive bowling!
Translations
ARالعربية
مصاص دماء
mus-as-sa-d-dam
CACatalà
parasita
pa-ra-si-ta
CSČeština
parasit
pa-ra-sit
DADansk
parasit
pa-ra-sit
DEDeutsch
Schmarotzer
shmar-ot-zer
ELΕλληνικά
παρασιτικός
pa-ra-si-ti-kos
ESEspañol
vagabundo
va-ga-bun-do
FISuomi
käyttäytyy
kayt-tay-tyy
FRFrançais
parasite
pa-ra-sit
HUMagyar
parasita
pa-ra-si-ta
IDBahasa Indonesia
pengangguran
pen-gang-guan
ITItaliano
parassita
pa-ra-si-ta
KO한국어
게으른 사람
geu-reon sa-ram
MSBahasa Melayu
parasit
pa-ra-sit
NLNederlands
onnuttig
on-noo-tig
NONorsk
parasitt
pa-ra-sit
PLPolski
parasita
pa-ra-si-ta
PTPortuguês
preguiçoso
pre-gui-soh-so
RORomână
parasit
pa-ra-sit
RUРусский
паразит
pa-ra-zit
SVSvenska
parasit
pa-ra-sit
SWKiswahili
mnyama
m-nya-ma
THไทย
คนขี้เกียจ
kon khi-gi-j
TRTürkçe
sömürgeci
so-mür-ge-ci
UKУкраїнська
паразит
pa-ra-zit
VITiếng Việt
kẻ lười biếng
ke lou-i-bien