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Vinony

budge

verb

  1. (cause to) alter a position or attitude, move slightly
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /bʌd͡ʒ/

adj

Etymology: From Middle English bouge, bougie, bugee, from Anglo-Norman bogé, from Anglo-Latin *bogea, bulgia, related to Latin bulga (“a leathern bag or knapsack”). Doublet of bulge.

  1. austere or stiff, like scholastics

    “Those budge doctors of the stoic fur.”

    “The solemn fop; significant and budge; A fool with judges, amongst fools a judge, He says but little and that little said, 'Owes all its weight, like loaded dice, to lead.”

name

Etymology: English (mainly Anglo-Norman) surname, from Norman bouoche (“mouth”).

  1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: Perhaps related to booze.

  1. Alcoholic drink.

verb

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.

  1. To move; to be shifted from a fixed position.

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

    “Ile not budge an inch boy: Let him come, and kindly.”

  2. To move; to shift from a fixed position.

    “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.”

    “If only I could get Ambrose to take me away somewhere! But he won't budge.”

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

    “Hey, no budging! Don't budge in line!”

  5. To try to improve the spot of a decision on a sports field.