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budge
1 [buhj]
verb, budged, budg⋅ing. (often used negatively)–verb (used without object)
| 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)
| 3. | to cause to move; begin to move: It took three of them to budge the rock. |
| 4. | to cause (someone) to reconsider or change an opinion, decision, or stated position: They couldn't budge the lawyer. |
Related forms:
budger, noun
Synonyms:
4. persuade, induce, move, sway, convince.
4. persuade, induce, move, sway, convince.
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Budge
Budge\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Budged; p. pr. & vb. n. Budging.] [F. bouger to stir, move (akin to Pr. bojar, bolegar, to stir, move, It. bulicare to boil, bubble), fr. L. bullire. See Boil, v. i.] To move off; to stir; to walk away. I'll not budge an inch, boy. --Shak. The mouse ne'er shunned the cat as they did budge From rascals worse than they. --Shak.Budge
Budge\, a. [See Budge, v.] Brisk; stirring; jocund. [Obs.] --South.Budge
Budge\, n. [OE. bouge bag, OF. boge, bouge, fr. L. bulga a leathern bag or knapsack; a Gallic word; cf. OIr. bolc, Gael. bolg. Cf. Budge, n.] A kind of fur prepared from lambskin dressed with the wool on; -- used formerly as an edging and ornament, esp. of scholastic habits.Budge
Budge\, a. 1. Lined with budge; hence, scholastic. "Budge gowns." --Milton. 2. Austere or stiff, like scholastics. Those budge doctors of the stoic fur. --Milton. Budge bachelor, one of a company of men clothed in long gowns lined with budge, who formerly accompanied the lord mayor of London in his inaugural procession. Budge barrel (Mil.), a small copper-hooped barrel with only one head, the other end being closed by a piece of leather, which is drawn together with strings like a purse. It is used for carrying powder from the magazine to the battery, in siege or seacoast service.
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Language Translation for : budge
Spanish:
mover,
German:
(vom Fleck) bewegen, rühren,
Japanese:
ちょっと動く
budge
1590, from M.Fr. bougier "to move, stir," from V.L. *bullicare "to bubble, boil," from L. bullire "to boil."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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