budge

English

Etymology

From French bouger.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /bʌdʒ/, SAMPA: /bVdZ/

Verb

budge (third-person singular simple present budges, present participle budging, simple past and past participle budged)

1. (intransitive) To move.

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

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

Derived terms

• budge up
• budger

Synonyms

• shift

Translations

intransitive: to move

Bulgarian: помръдвам се (bg) Dutch: bewegen (nl) Finnish: hievahtaa (fi), liikahtaa (fi), antaa periksi (fi)

Polish: przesuwać się / przesunąć się, poruszyć się, drgnąć Russian: двигаться (ru)

transitive: to move

Bulgarian: помръдвам (bg) Dutch: bewegen (nl) Finnish: hievauttaa (fi), liikauttaa (fi)

Polish: przesunąć, poruszyć Russian: двигать (ru)

to yield in opinion

Bulgarian: отстъпвам (bg), отдръпвам се (bg) Dutch: toegeven (nl), meegaan (nl)

Finnish: myöntyä (fi), antaa periksi (fi)

sports: to improve spot of decision

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