Budge

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /bÊŒdÊ’/

From French bouger.

Alternative forms

• budg obsolete

Full definition of budge

Verb

1. (intransitive) To move.I’ve been pushing this rock as hard as I can, but it won’t budge an inch.
• ShakespeareI'll not budge an inch, boy.
• 2014, Jacob Steinberg, "Wigan shock Manchester City in FA Cup again to reach semi-finals", The Guardian, 9 March 2014:Yet goals in either half from Jordi Gómez and James Perch inspired them and then, in the face of a relentless City onslaught, they simply would not budge, throwing heart, body and soul in the way of a ball which seemed destined for their net on several occasions.
2. (transitive) To move.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.The Minister for Finance refused to budge on the new economic rules.
4. To try to improve the spot of a decision on a sports field.

Derived terms

• budge up
• budger

Synonyms

• shift

Adjective

1. (obsolete) Brisk; stirring; jocund.

From Latin bulga ("a leathern bag or knapsack").

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.
• MiltonThey are become so liberal, as to part freely with their own budge-gowns from off their backs.

Adjective

1. (obsolete) austere or stiff, like scholastics
• MiltonThose budge doctors of the stoic fur.

Derived terms

• budge bachelor
• budge barrel

Anagrams

• debug