budge.
To move; to be shifted from a fixed position.
Meaning & usage
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.
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.
To yield in one’s opinions or beliefs.
The Minister for Finance refused to budge on the new economic rules.
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!
To try to improve the spot of a decision on a sports field.
Where this word comes from
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.
A kind of fur prepared from lambskin dressed with the wool on, formerly used as an edging and ornament, especially on scholastic habits.
Where this word comes from
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.
austere or stiff, like scholastics
Where this word comes from
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.
Alcoholic drink.
Where this word comes from
Perhaps related to booze.
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