Sekirov Dictionary

budge

/bʌd͡ʒ/

verb 5
adjective 1
noun 2
forms 3
phrases 1

verb5

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To move; to be shifted from a fixed position.
- I’ve been pushing this rock as hard as I can, but it won’t budge an inch.
•
To move; to shift from a fixed position.
- I’ve been pushing this rock as hard as I can, but I can’t budge it.
•
To yield in one’s opinions or beliefs.
- The Minister for Finance refused to budge on the new economic rules.
•
(Canada) To cut or butt (in line); to join the front or middle rather than the back of a queue.
- Hey, no budging! Don't budge in line!
To try to improve the spot of a decision on a sports field.

adjective1

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(no longer used) austere or stiff, like scholastics
- Those budge doctors of the stoic fur. — 1634

noun2

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A kind of fur prepared from lambskin dressed with the wool on, formerly used as an edging and ornament, especially on scholastic habits.
- They are become so liberal, as to part freely with their own budge-gowns from off their backs. — 1649
(slang, no longer used) Alcoholic drink.

forms

budged · budging · budges

Phrases with budge

budge up
To move or scoot over in order to make room for someone, especially when sitting.

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