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budge

Pronunciation: /bʌd͡ʒ/

The English word “budge” has 8 meanings listed here.

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.
  2. Alcoholic drink.

adjective

  1. austere or stiff, like scholastics

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.

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