budge

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[ buhj ]
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verb (used without object),budged, budg·ing.
  1. to move slightly; begin to move: He stepped on the gas but the car didn't budge.

  2. to change one's opinion or stated position; yield: Once her father had said “no,” he wouldn't budge.

verb (used with object),budged, budg·ing.
  1. to cause to move; begin to move: It took three of them to budge the rock.

  2. to cause (someone) to reconsider or change an opinion, decision, or stated position: They couldn't budge the lawyer.

Origin of budge

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1580–90; <Anglo-French, Middle French bouger to stir <Vulgar Latin *bullicāre to bubble, frequentative of Latin bullīre;see boil1

Other words for budge

Other words from budge

  • budger, noun
  • un·budged, adjective
  • un·budg·ing, adjective

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Other definitions for budge (2 of 3)

budge2
[ buhj ]

noun
  1. a fur made from lambskin with the wool dressed outward, used especially as an inexpensive trimming on academic or official gowns.

adjective
  1. made from, trimmed, or lined with budge.

  2. Obsolete. pompous; solemn.

Origin of budge

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1350–1400; Middle English bugee, perhaps akin to budget

Other definitions for Budge (3 of 3)

Budge
[ buhj ]

noun
  1. (John) Donald, 1915–2000, U.S. tennis player.

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British Dictionary definitions for budge (1 of 3)

budge1

/ (bʌdʒ) /


verb(usually used with a negative)
  1. to move, however slightly: the car won't budge

  2. to change or cause to change opinions, etc

Origin of budge

1
C16: from Old French bouger, from Vulgar Latin bullicāre (unattested) to bubble, from Latin bullīre to boil, from bulla bubble

British Dictionary definitions for budge (2 of 3)

budge2

/ (bʌdʒ) /


noun
  1. a lambskin dressed for the fur to be worn on the outer side

Origin of budge

2
C14: from Anglo-French bogee, of obscure origin

British Dictionary definitions for Budge (3 of 3)

Budge

/ (bʌdʒ) /


noun
  1. Don (ald). 1915–2000, US tennis player, the first man to win the Grand Slam of singles championships (Australia, France, Wimbledon, and the US) in one year (1938)

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