English Explanatory Dictionary

budge

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To move; to be shifted from a fixed position.
  2. To move; to shift from a fixed position.
  3. To yield in one’s opinions or beliefs.
  4. To cut or butt (in line); to join the front or middle rather than the back of a queue.
  5. To try to improve the spot of a decision on a sports field.
noun
  1. A kind of fur prepared from lambskin dressed with the wool on, formerly used as an edging and ornament, especially on scholastic habits.
adj
  1. austere or stiff, like scholastics
noun
  1. Alcoholic drink.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/bʌd͡ʒ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-budge.wav

Word forms

budge budges budging budged bouge budg

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French bouger, from Old French bougier, from Vulgar Latin *bullicāre (“to bubble; seethe; move; stir”), from Latin bullīre (“to boil; seethe; roil”). More at boil.

Synonyms

shift

Related words

Budge Budge

Derived words

budgeable budge an inch budger budge the needle budge up unbudged unbudging budge bachelor budge barrel budgy

Translations

Bulgarian: помръдвам се Bulgarian: помръдвам Czech: hnout se Czech: pohnout se Czech: hnout Czech: pohnout Dutch: bewegen Dutch: meegeven Finnish: hievahtaa Finnish: liikahtaa Finnish: antaa periksi Finnish: hievauttaa Finnish: liikauttaa French: bouger German: von der Stelle rühren German: vom Fleck bewegen German: regen Māori: ngaoko Polish: przesuwać się Polish: przesunąć się Polish: drgnąć Polish: przesunąć Polish: poruszyć Portuguese: mover-se Romanian: clinti Romanian: muta Russian: дви́гаться Russian: тронуться Russian: дви́гать Russian: стронуть Spanish: mover Tamil: அசை Thai: ขยับ Ukrainian: зру́шитися Ukrainian: зсу́нутися Ukrainian: зру́шити
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