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Meaning of budge

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

budge

Pronunciation:/bʌdʒ/

verb

Definitions

  1. To move.

    Example: I’ve been pushing this rock as hard as I can, but it won’t budge an inch.

  2. To move.

    Example: I’ve been pushing this rock as hard as I can, but I can’t budge it.

  3. To yield in one’s opinions or beliefs.

    Example: The Minister for Finance refused to budge on the new economic rules.

  4. (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa) To cut or butt (in line); to join the front or middle rather than the back of a queue.

    Example: Hey, no budging! Don't budge in line!

adjective

Definitions

  1. Brisk; stirring; jocund.

budge

noun

Definitions

  1. A kind of fur prepared from lambskin dressed with the wool on, formerly used as an edging and ornament, especially on scholastic habits.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Austere or stiff, like scholastics