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budge

1
[ buhj ]
/ bʌdʒ /
(often used negatively)
SEE SYNONYMS FOR budge

verb (used without object), budged, budg·ing.

to move slightly; begin to move: He stepped on the gas but the car didn't budge.
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.

to cause to move; begin to move: It took three of them to budge the rock.
to cause (someone) to reconsider or change an opinion, decision, or stated position: They couldn't budge the lawyer.

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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 FROM budge

budger, nounun·budged, adjectiveun·budg·ing, adjective

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Definition for budge (2 of 3)

budge2
[ buhj ]
/ bʌdʒ /

noun

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

adjective

made from, trimmed, or lined with budge.
Obsolete. pompous; solemn.

Origin of budge

2
1350–1400; Middle English bugee, perhaps akin to budget

Definition for budge (3 of 3)

Budge
[ buhj ]
/ bʌdʒ /

noun

(John) Donald, 1915–2000, U.S. tennis player.
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Words related to budge

bend, propel, shift, move, influence, yield, sway, push, slide, persuade, remove, inch, convince, stir, roll, change, locomote, give way

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British Dictionary definitions for budge (1 of 3)

budge1
/ (bʌdʒ) /

verb (usually used with a negative)

to move, however slightlythe car won't budge
to change or cause to change opinions, etc

Word Origin for budge

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

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

Word Origin for budge

C14: from Anglo-French bogee, of obscure origin

British Dictionary definitions for budge (3 of 3)

Budge
/ (bʌdʒ) /

noun

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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