Budge

Word BUDGE
Character 5
Hyphenation budge
Pronunciations /bʌdʒ/

Definitions and meanings of "Budge"

What do we mean by budge?

To move or stir slightly. intransitive verb

To alter a position or attitude. intransitive verb

To cause to move slightly. intransitive verb

To cause to alter a position or attitude. intransitive verb

Fur made from lambskin dressed with the wool outside, formerly used to trim academic robes. noun

Overformal; pompous. adjective

Same as booze. noun

Brisk; jocund.

To move; stir; change position; give way: now usually with a negative, implying stubborn resistance to pressure.

To move; stir; change the position of.

One who slips into a house or shop to steal cloaks, etc.; a sneak-thief. noun

A leathern bag. noun

Lambskin dressed with the wool outward, much used in the Elizabethan era and since as an inexpensive fur for the edging of garments. noun

Same as budge-barrel. noun

⟨ budge, 2. Trimmed or adorned with budge (see I., 2): as, “budge gowns,”

Scholastic; pedantic; austere; surly; stiff; formal: as, “budge doctors,”

A kind of fur prepared from lambskin dressed with the wool on; -- used formerly as an edging and ornament, esp. of scholastic habits. noun

Lined with budge; hence, scholastic. adjective

Austere or stiff, like scholastics. adjective

One of a company of men clothed in long gowns lined with budge, who formerly accompanied the lord mayor of London in his inaugural procession. adjective

To move.

To move.

To yield in one’s opinions or beliefs.

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

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

Synonyms and Antonyms for Budge

The word "budge" in example sentences

After refusing to budge from the volcano's fertile slopes, saying they wanted to tend to their crops and protect their homes, villagers started streaming by the thousands into makeshift emergency shelters late Tuesday. ❋ By SLAMET RIYADI (2010)

Despite repeated protests, French President Nicolas Sarkozy's government has refused to budge from a key reform plan, aimed at helping reduce the government debt. ❋ Unknown (2010)

That pledge is probably why libertarians tend not to budge from the non-initiation of force principle. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And your unwillingness to budge is demonstrated by the fact that you have major divisions WITHIN YOUR OWN PARTY! ❋ Unknown (2009)

I agree with the statement, but refuse to budge from the thought that “progress for its own sake” is akin to “A.” ladymercury Says: ❋ Unknown (2009)

Ring screws should be tightened firmly, not obsessively, because you may have to take your scope off in the field, where a screw that won't budge is the last thing you need. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Also, one reason I think Seattle is unwilling to budge from the tunnel, is because then the rest of the state gets to pays for rebuilding the seawall. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Navy and Air Force unwilling to budge from the coastal shelf of the Asian mainland. ❋ Unknown (2005)

There was one night when Mr. Meredith paced his study floor, and Faith and Una huddled in their bedroom and cried, and Jerry, wild with remorse, refused to budge from the floor of the hall outside Carl's door. ❋ Lucy Maud (1919)

Mr.C. had to/drag/her down into the kitchen; for she was very insubordinate and refused to budge from the door, - Captain Sterling and his coachman looking on! ❋ Unknown (1893)

"Record deficits, a doubling of the debt that occurred before he came into office, the worst recession since the Great Depression? and an unsustainable long-term budge outlook," were among those challenges, Conrad said. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The 25-year-old, who had reportedly been refusing to budge from the Spanish giants, will earn four million euros (5.7 million dollars) per year under the deal compared to around 3.5 million euros at Real, radio Onda Cero added. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Easily the heaviest-trafficked thread on the Leopard support forums as of late Friday, "Installation appears stuck on a plain blue screen" told how after a successful Leopard install using the default "Upgrade" option and the required restart, some users’ Macs refused to budge from the blue screen. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Mr. Browning then comes forward with a fact that derricks can not budge, that is, “Newspapers have ever had small regard for truth.” ❋ Hubbard, Elbert, 1856-1915 (1916)

Mr. Browning then comes forward with a fact that derricks can not budge, that is, "Newspapers have ever had small regard for truth." ❋ Elbert Hubbard (1885)

As he described his inability to get those lawmakers to "budge," and his unwillingness to allow the cuts to expire for all Americans on schedule at year's end, Obama invoked an unusual analogy - one that is unlikely to help the bipartisan outreach efforts to which he committed himself after his party's drubbing in the midterm elections. ❋ Perry Bacon Jr. (2010)

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