nudgen.

Brit.

/nʌdʒ/, U.S.

/nədʒ/

Forms: 1600s nudg, 1700s– nudge, 1800s– nodge (Scottish).

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: nudge v.

Etymology: < nudge v.

a. A gentle push or prod, esp. with the elbow, usually intended as a prompt or hint to someone; (also) a slight shove given to an object, esp. to dislodge or free it.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > other gestures > [noun] > nudge

nudge1699

dig1819

the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > [noun] > striking with pushing action > pushing > with the elbow > a push with the elbow

nudge1699

jundy1737

1699 G. Farquhar Adventures Covent-Garden 46 Peregrine would have answered, but a pluck by the Sleeve obliged him to turn from Selinda to entertain a Lady Mask'd who had given him the Nudg.

1798 T. Holcroft Knave, or Not? II. viii. 29 The thought came into my head last night when you and I and the Count were at tea; so I had a mind to have told you just when I gave your knee two or three nudges.

1822 J. Galt Steam-boat x Mrs Pringle gave me a nodge on the elbow.

1826 New Monthly Mag. 16 540 She was leaning on my arm; and I could feel her every now and then giving me a nudge, as it is called, which I afterwards discovered were hints that I should buy some oranges.

1846 A. Smith Christopher Tadpole (1848) i. 16 One of those pleasant nudges which funny men will inflict upon you.

1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust II. i. iii. 31 Though with one [thou] wast wont to dance, Gav'st another nudge and glance.

1906 J. London White Fang ii. iii. 78 He discovered in her a nose that with a sharp nudge administered rebuke.

1949 D. M. Davin Roads from Home ii. vii. 175 Geordie Smith on his shunter had just given a rake of meat waggons a bit of a nudge.

1976 Beano 7 Feb. 9/1 Bah! It's jammed, but a gentle nudge will open it.

2000 A. Ghosh Glass Palace (2001) xxvi. 320 His friend smiled and gave him a nudge. ‘Go, yaar, it's your birthday isn't it?’

b. figurative. A gentle reminder; a prompt, a hint.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > that which incites or instigates > slight

touch-up1733

nudgea1845

prod1905

a1845 T. Hood Ode to J. S. Buckingham in Compl. Poet. Wks. (1906) 472 How sober it would look in public eyes, For our King's Counsel and our learned Judges..To preach from texts of temperance like parsons, By way of giving tipplers gentle nudges.

1865 J. R. Lowell Thoreau in N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 600 The mental and moral nudge which he received from the writings of his..brave-spirited countryman.

1871 Aldine Jan. 18/2 It is a prime merit of such writers as Mr. Keeler and Bret Harte to give a rousing nudge to the saintly self-complacency of our socio-religious ‘priggishness’.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvi. [Eumaeus] 602 Hynes wrote it with a nudge from Corny.

1953 A. Huxley Let. 19 July (1969) 679 Your publishers..would send me proofs as soon as they became available. I have heard nothing... Would you be kind enough to give them a little nudge?

1977 A. Cooke Six Men ii. 69 The British press..had yielded to a firm nudge from the Newspaper Proprietors' Association to suppress all mention of the Kings affair.

1999 J. Boyle Hero of Underworld 142 Most families don't know their arses from their elbows..so a nudge in the right direction does no harm.

2. Australian slang. to give it a bit of a nudge and variants: to drink alcohol to excess. Cf. nudge v. 5.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > drink intoxicating liquor > freely

wassailc1300

waught?a1513

quaff1520

to drink (it) all outa1522

bibblea1529

quaught1530

to set cock on the hoopa1535

quass1549

tipple1560

swillc1563

carouse1567

to drink, quaff (pledge one) carouse1567

troll-the-bowl1575

to take one's rousea1593

pot1622

tope1668

toot1676

compotate1694

to soak one's clay (or face)1704

birlea1800

to splice the mainbrace1805

jollify1830

brimmer1838

to give it a bit of a nudge1966

nudge1966

1966 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. (ed. 2) 178 Nudge, used in reference to drinking, e.g. give it a nudge.., to drink alcoholic liquor.

1978 R. Macklin Newsfront 51 Gave it a bit of a nudge last night, did you?

1984 P. Jarratt Aussie 21 The high-powered executives of his company all repair to the boardroom on Friday afternoons where they give the chairman's scotch an almighty nudge.

1997 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 26 Nov. 26 Another acquaintance who knew Rigney from schooldays..said he liked to ‘give it a bit of a nudge’ in reference to his partying.

3. nudge, nudge (wink, wink) [a catchphrase from the British television comedy programme Monty Python's Flying Circus : see Pythonesque adj.] : used as an interjection to imply cheeky, conspiratorial, or mischievous insinuation or innuendo, esp. of a sexual nature. Also as adj.: designating or employing this kind of innuendo; sexually suggestive.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > [phrase]

hint, hint1937

nudge, nudge (wink, wink)1969

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > indecent [phrase] > indecent implication

as the bishop said to the actress1930

nudge, nudge (wink, wink)1969

that's what she said1973

1969 G. Chapman et al. Monty Python's Flying Circus (1989) I. iii. 40 Is your wife a..goer..eh? Know what I mean? Know what I mean? Nudge nudge. Nudge, nudge... Your wife interested in er..photographs, eh? Know what I mean?.. Nudge nudge. Snap snap. Grin, grin, wink, wink, say no more.

1973 Punch 7 Feb. 178/1 We are largely informed about British public affairs by a hallowed process of nudge-nudge, wink-wink, Know-what-I-mean.

1977 Club Tennis Mar. 6/6 Senior lady players, in my experience (and I have some experience in that field, nudge, nudge), take very badly to being beaten by up-and-comings.

1990 Internat. H & E Monthly 92 No. 2. 58 Once we proceed past the nudge, nudge, wink, wink routine I find that most people are genuinely interested.

2001 Heat 27 Oct. 101/4 Sue Johnston appears too, as Silas's nudge nudge, ‘housekeeper’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

nudgev.

Brit.

/nʌdʒ/, U.S.

/nədʒ/

Forms: 1600s– nudge, 1700s–1800s nodge (Scottish).

Origin: Of uncertain origin.

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps compare Norwegian nugge to push, nudge (see nug v.). Compare gnidge v.

a. transitive. To push or prod (a person) gently, esp. with the elbow, for the purpose of attracting attention, etc. Also: to give (a thing, etc.) a slight shove or series of shoves.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > attracting attention > engage the attention [verb (transitive)]

exercisea1538

entertainc1540

replenish1548

rouse1583

catcha1586

amuse1586

detainc1595

attract1599

grope1602

concerna1616

take1634

stay1639

engage1642

meet1645

nudge1675

strike1697

hitcha1764

seize1772

interest1780

acuminate1806

arrest1835

grip1891

intrigue1894

grab1966

work1969

society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > other gestures > [verb (transitive)] > nudge

nudge1675

huncha1852

nug1866

dig1889

1675 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Odysses xiv. 177 When a third part of the night was gone, I nudg'd Ulysses (who did next me lie).

1775 S. J. Pratt Liberal Opinions (1783) III. lxxii. 34 I tips Slappim the sligo, and nudges the elbow of Trugge, as much as to say, Soho!.. I have him in view.

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby vii. 64 Squeers then nudged Mrs. Squeers to bring away the brandy bottle.

1860 J. G. Holland Miss Gilbert's Career i. 13 What wonder that Mrs. Bloomer and Mrs. Wilton nudged each other?

1880 R. Jefferies Hodge & Masters II. 28 She is partly deaf, and until nudged by her neighbours did not hear her husband's name.

1906 J. London White Fang iv. iv. 237 ‘And how much for one that's all chewed up like this one?’ Scott asked, nudging White Fang with his foot.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. iv. [Calypso] 61 Nudging the door open with his knee he carried the tray in.

1981 L. R. Banks Writing on Wall v. 42 I opened my mouth to say yes but Connie nudged me.

2001 C. Whitehead John Henry Days i. 12 J. watches the flight attendant nudge the metal cart up the aisle.

b. intransitive. To give a gentle push, prod, or thrust (at), esp. with the elbow.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > strike in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > strike with pushing action > give a push

pilta1200

beara1500

put1504

hunch1581

boke1601

nudge1809

1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas II. iv. vii. 162 My little pet..niggled, nudged, toyed, and romped, like a school-girl in vacation.

1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (at cited word) What are ye nudging at?

1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 109 In the surf the Drum nudges like the sheepshead when he first takes the bait.

1915 D. H. Lawrence Rainbow iv. 100 Fred was nudge-nudging at her.

1923 K. Mansfield Doll's House in Dove's Nest 4 Nudging, giggling together, the little girls pressed up close.

1984 E. Feinstein Border (1985) iv. 78 I saw Pasternak walking along..and everybody nudged and pointed him out to me.

2. transitive. figurative. To give a reminder to; to coax, encourage, or steer gently or by degrees in a desired direction. Also occasionally intransitive with at.

ΚΠ

1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets i. 19 The inexorable Icebergs..will nudge you with most chaotic ‘admonition’.

1936 D. Thomas Twenty-five Poems 9 Half The dear, daft time I take to nudge the sentence.

1973 Guardian 10 Mar. 1/7 Governments would use their reserves..and nudge the price if it tended to drift out of line.

1975 Business Week 3 Feb. 28/1 President Ford's Council on Wage and Price Stability is beginning a quiet campaign to nudge prices down in major industries.

1987 W. Raeper George MacDonald v. 55 He talked at length to his father who tried to nudge him into the ministry, but as yet he was too undecided to plump for anything so definite.

1998 Y.-M. Ooi Flame Tree (1999) xxvii. 376 Luke's words nudged at her. You can find out the truth.

3. intransitive. To move up by gradual pushing; (esp. of a price, figure, etc.) to move up (also ahead, etc.) slightly or gradually. Also occasionally transitive: to create (a path, etc.) by moving forward by degrees.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > push and pull [verb (intransitive)] > push > move along by pushing

nudge1925

1925 H. V. Morton Heart of London (1926) 75 Watch the way a press of omnibuses..will edge and nudge a way with a mere inch between their mudguards.

1940 D. Thomas Portrait of Artist as Young Dog 7 The bar was full; two fat women in bright dresses sat near the door, one with a small, dark child on her knee; they saw Uncle Jim and nudged up on the bench.

1958 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 24 July 18/6 Stock market prices nudged ahead irregularly in moderate trading early this afternoon.

1984 Daily Tel. 11 Jan. 1/3 Interest rates in the London money market nudged up about ¹/ ₁₆ per cent.

4. transitive. colloquial. To approach or come near to (a figure, level, age, etc.); to be on the point of reaching or touching. Frequently in present participle.

ΚΠ

1949 E. E. Cummings Let. 23 Aug. (1969) 193 Now et comment The quote Oxford unquote Press registers alarm nudging horror.

1961 Sunday Times 30 Apr. 13/6 Nudging forty..Secombe knows where his ultimate responsibility lies.

1972 A. MacVicar Golden Venus Affair i. 9 I was big, nudging six feet two.

1994 Coarse Fishing Today June 36/1 I was interested by their size, for some of the larger individuals were undoubtedly nudging the 2lb mark.

5. transitive. slang (originally and chiefly Australian). To drink (alcohol) to excess. Esp. in to nudge the turps (cf. turps n. 2).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > drink intoxicating liquor > freely

wassailc1300

waught?a1513

quaff1520

to drink (it) all outa1522

bibblea1529

quaught1530

to set cock on the hoopa1535

quass1549

tipple1560

swillc1563

carouse1567

to drink, quaff (pledge one) carouse1567

troll-the-bowl1575

to take one's rousea1593

pot1622

tope1668

toot1676

compotate1694

to soak one's clay (or face)1704

birlea1800

to splice the mainbrace1805

jollify1830

brimmer1838

to give it a bit of a nudge1966

nudge1966

1959 H. Drake-Brockman West Coast Stories 139 Last time I saw Wheelbarrow he had been drinking heavy—the bombo again. ‘Just to nudge me liver,’ he says.]

1966 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. (ed. 2) 178 Nudge, used in reference to drinking, e.g. give it a nudge, nudge it, to drink alcoholic liquor.

1979 B. Humphries Bazza comes into his Own 46 ‘I'm on my way to your country for a conference on alcoholism and drug dependency.’ ‘G'day Doc. You'd have to be the world expert... Did you ever nudge the turps!!’

1998 Viz June 44/1 You show me a T.V. personality who doesn't nudge the turps.

Derivatives

ˈnudging adj. and n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > age > [adjective] > approaching an age

rising1734

nudging1796

the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adjective] > approximating or approaching

approximant1641

approximate1646

proximate1657

near1685

proximal1727

nudging1796

warm1860

approaching1874

the world > relative properties > quantity > approximate quantity or amount > [adjective] > coming near in amount

nigh1557

nudging1796

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > attracting attention > [noun] > attempt to attract attention

nudging1796

attention-seeking1961

the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > [adjective] > striking with pushing action > pushing with elbow

elbowing1755

nudging1796

the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > [noun] > striking with pushing action > pushing > with the elbow

nudging1796

elbowing1820

1796 F. Burney Camilla I. 198 She's not a bit like a lady of fortunes, with that nudging look.

1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden 97 We are not awakened by our Genius, but by the mechanical nudgings of some servitor.

1889 F. W. Farrar Lives Fathers II. xiv. 100 A gaping and nudging crowd.

1965 Listener 18 Mar. 420/2 His work..lacks the nudging cunningness of some ‘art’ photographers.

1999 Independent 15 Mar. ii. 2/7 The nudging in the right direction he was given..succeeded in making the show a better listen.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nudge
释义	nudgen. Brit. /nʌdʒ/, U.S. /nədʒ/ Forms: 1600s nudg, 1700s– nudge, 1800s– nodge (Scottish). Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: nudge v. Etymology: < nudge v. 1. a. A gentle push or prod, esp. with the elbow, usually intended as a prompt or hint to someone; (also) a slight shove given to an object, esp. to dislodge or free it. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > other gestures > [noun] > nudge nudge1699 dig1819 the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > [noun] > striking with pushing action > pushing > with the elbow > a push with the elbow nudge1699 jundy1737 1699 G. Farquhar Adventures Covent-Garden 46 Peregrine would have answered, but a pluck by the Sleeve obliged him to turn from Selinda to entertain a Lady Mask'd who had given him the Nudg. 1798 T. Holcroft Knave, or Not? II. viii. 29 The thought came into my head last night when you and I and the Count were at tea; so I had a mind to have told you just when I gave your knee two or three nudges. 1822 J. Galt Steam-boat x Mrs Pringle gave me a nodge on the elbow. 1826 New Monthly Mag. 16 540 She was leaning on my arm; and I could feel her every now and then giving me a nudge, as it is called, which I afterwards discovered were hints that I should buy some oranges. 1846 A. Smith Christopher Tadpole (1848) i. 16 One of those pleasant nudges which funny men will inflict upon you. 1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust II. i. iii. 31 Though with one [thou] wast wont to dance, Gav'st another nudge and glance. 1906 J. London White Fang ii. iii. 78 He discovered in her a nose that with a sharp nudge administered rebuke. 1949 D. M. Davin Roads from Home ii. vii. 175 Geordie Smith on his shunter had just given a rake of meat waggons a bit of a nudge. 1976 Beano 7 Feb. 9/1 Bah! It's jammed, but a gentle nudge will open it. 2000 A. Ghosh Glass Palace (2001) xxvi. 320 His friend smiled and gave him a nudge. ‘Go, yaar, it's your birthday isn't it?’ b. figurative. A gentle reminder; a prompt, a hint. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > [noun] > incitement or instigation > that which incites or instigates > slight touch-up1733 nudgea1845 prod1905 a1845 T. Hood Ode to J. S. Buckingham in Compl. Poet. Wks. (1906) 472 How sober it would look in public eyes, For our King's Counsel and our learned Judges..To preach from texts of temperance like parsons, By way of giving tipplers gentle nudges. 1865 J. R. Lowell Thoreau in N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 600 The mental and moral nudge which he received from the writings of his..brave-spirited countryman. 1871 Aldine Jan. 18/2 It is a prime merit of such writers as Mr. Keeler and Bret Harte to give a rousing nudge to the saintly self-complacency of our socio-religious ‘priggishness’. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvi. [Eumaeus] 602 Hynes wrote it with a nudge from Corny. 1953 A. Huxley Let. 19 July (1969) 679 Your publishers..would send me proofs as soon as they became available. I have heard nothing... Would you be kind enough to give them a little nudge? 1977 A. Cooke Six Men ii. 69 The British press..had yielded to a firm nudge from the Newspaper Proprietors' Association to suppress all mention of the Kings affair. 1999 J. Boyle Hero of Underworld 142 Most families don't know their arses from their elbows..so a nudge in the right direction does no harm. 2. Australian slang. to give it a bit of a nudge and variants: to drink alcohol to excess. Cf. nudge v. 5. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > drink intoxicating liquor > freely wassailc1300 waught?a1513 quaff1520 to drink (it) all outa1522 bibblea1529 quaught1530 to set cock on the hoopa1535 quass1549 tipple1560 swillc1563 carouse1567 to drink, quaff (pledge one) carouse1567 troll-the-bowl1575 to take one's rousea1593 pot1622 tope1668 toot1676 compotate1694 to soak one's clay (or face)1704 birlea1800 to splice the mainbrace1805 jollify1830 brimmer1838 to give it a bit of a nudge1966 nudge1966 1966 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. (ed. 2) 178 Nudge, used in reference to drinking, e.g. give it a nudge.., to drink alcoholic liquor. 1978 R. Macklin Newsfront 51 Gave it a bit of a nudge last night, did you? 1984 P. Jarratt Aussie 21 The high-powered executives of his company all repair to the boardroom on Friday afternoons where they give the chairman's scotch an almighty nudge. 1997 Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 26 Nov. 26 Another acquaintance who knew Rigney from schooldays..said he liked to ‘give it a bit of a nudge’ in reference to his partying. 3. nudge, nudge (wink, wink) [a catchphrase from the British television comedy programme Monty Python's Flying Circus : see Pythonesque adj.] : used as an interjection to imply cheeky, conspiratorial, or mischievous insinuation or innuendo, esp. of a sexual nature. Also as adj.: designating or employing this kind of innuendo; sexually suggestive. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > [phrase] hint, hint1937 nudge, nudge (wink, wink)1969 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > indecent [phrase] > indecent implication as the bishop said to the actress1930 nudge, nudge (wink, wink)1969 that's what she said1973 1969 G. Chapman et al. Monty Python's Flying Circus (1989) I. iii. 40 Is your wife a..goer..eh? Know what I mean? Know what I mean? Nudge nudge. Nudge, nudge... Your wife interested in er..photographs, eh? Know what I mean?.. Nudge nudge. Snap snap. Grin, grin, wink, wink, say no more. 1973 Punch 7 Feb. 178/1 We are largely informed about British public affairs by a hallowed process of nudge-nudge, wink-wink, Know-what-I-mean. 1977 Club Tennis Mar. 6/6 Senior lady players, in my experience (and I have some experience in that field, nudge, nudge), take very badly to being beaten by up-and-comings. 1990 Internat. H & E Monthly 92 No. 2. 58 Once we proceed past the nudge, nudge, wink, wink routine I find that most people are genuinely interested. 2001 Heat 27 Oct. 101/4 Sue Johnston appears too, as Silas's nudge nudge, ‘housekeeper’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). nudgev. Brit. /nʌdʒ/, U.S. /nədʒ/ Forms: 1600s– nudge, 1700s–1800s nodge (Scottish). Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps compare Norwegian nugge to push, nudge (see nug v.). Compare gnidge v. 1. a. transitive. To push or prod (a person) gently, esp. with the elbow, for the purpose of attracting attention, etc. Also: to give (a thing, etc.) a slight shove or series of shoves. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > attracting attention > engage the attention [verb (transitive)] exercisea1538 entertainc1540 replenish1548 rouse1583 catcha1586 amuse1586 detainc1595 attract1599 grope1602 concerna1616 take1634 stay1639 engage1642 meet1645 nudge1675 strike1697 hitcha1764 seize1772 interest1780 acuminate1806 arrest1835 grip1891 intrigue1894 grab1966 work1969 society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > other gestures > [verb (transitive)] > nudge nudge1675 huncha1852 nug1866 dig1889 1675 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Odysses xiv. 177 When a third part of the night was gone, I nudg'd Ulysses (who did next me lie). 1775 S. J. Pratt Liberal Opinions (1783) III. lxxii. 34 I tips Slappim the sligo, and nudges the elbow of Trugge, as much as to say, Soho!.. I have him in view. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby vii. 64 Squeers then nudged Mrs. Squeers to bring away the brandy bottle. 1860 J. G. Holland Miss Gilbert's Career i. 13 What wonder that Mrs. Bloomer and Mrs. Wilton nudged each other? 1880 R. Jefferies Hodge & Masters II. 28 She is partly deaf, and until nudged by her neighbours did not hear her husband's name. 1906 J. London White Fang iv. iv. 237 ‘And how much for one that's all chewed up like this one?’ Scott asked, nudging White Fang with his foot. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. iv. [Calypso] 61 Nudging the door open with his knee he carried the tray in. 1981 L. R. Banks Writing on Wall v. 42 I opened my mouth to say yes but Connie nudged me. 2001 C. Whitehead John Henry Days i. 12 J. watches the flight attendant nudge the metal cart up the aisle. b. intransitive. To give a gentle push, prod, or thrust (at), esp. with the elbow. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > strike in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > strike with pushing action > give a push pilta1200 beara1500 put1504 hunch1581 boke1601 nudge1809 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas II. iv. vii. 162 My little pet..niggled, nudged, toyed, and romped, like a school-girl in vacation. 1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (at cited word) What are ye nudging at? 1888 G. B. Goode Amer. Fishes 109 In the surf the Drum nudges like the sheepshead when he first takes the bait. 1915 D. H. Lawrence Rainbow iv. 100 Fred was nudge-nudging at her. 1923 K. Mansfield Doll's House in Dove's Nest 4 Nudging, giggling together, the little girls pressed up close. 1984 E. Feinstein Border (1985) iv. 78 I saw Pasternak walking along..and everybody nudged and pointed him out to me. 2. transitive. figurative. To give a reminder to; to coax, encourage, or steer gently or by degrees in a desired direction. Also occasionally intransitive with at. ΚΠ 1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets i. 19 The inexorable Icebergs..will nudge you with most chaotic ‘admonition’. 1936 D. Thomas Twenty-five Poems 9 Half The dear, daft time I take to nudge the sentence. 1973 Guardian 10 Mar. 1/7 Governments would use their reserves..and nudge the price if it tended to drift out of line. 1975 Business Week 3 Feb. 28/1 President Ford's Council on Wage and Price Stability is beginning a quiet campaign to nudge prices down in major industries. 1987 W. Raeper George MacDonald v. 55 He talked at length to his father who tried to nudge him into the ministry, but as yet he was too undecided to plump for anything so definite. 1998 Y.-M. Ooi Flame Tree (1999) xxvii. 376 Luke's words nudged at her. You can find out the truth. 3. intransitive. To move up by gradual pushing; (esp. of a price, figure, etc.) to move up (also ahead, etc.) slightly or gradually. Also occasionally transitive: to create (a path, etc.) by moving forward by degrees. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > pushing and pulling > push and pull [verb (intransitive)] > push > move along by pushing nudge1925 1925 H. V. Morton Heart of London (1926) 75 Watch the way a press of omnibuses..will edge and nudge a way with a mere inch between their mudguards. 1940 D. Thomas Portrait of Artist as Young Dog 7 The bar was full; two fat women in bright dresses sat near the door, one with a small, dark child on her knee; they saw Uncle Jim and nudged up on the bench. 1958 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 24 July 18/6 Stock market prices nudged ahead irregularly in moderate trading early this afternoon. 1984 Daily Tel. 11 Jan. 1/3 Interest rates in the London money market nudged up about ¹/ ₁₆ per cent. 4. transitive. colloquial. To approach or come near to (a figure, level, age, etc.); to be on the point of reaching or touching. Frequently in present participle. ΚΠ 1949 E. E. Cummings Let. 23 Aug. (1969) 193 Now et comment The quote Oxford unquote Press registers alarm nudging horror. 1961 Sunday Times 30 Apr. 13/6 Nudging forty..Secombe knows where his ultimate responsibility lies. 1972 A. MacVicar Golden Venus Affair i. 9 I was big, nudging six feet two. 1994 Coarse Fishing Today June 36/1 I was interested by their size, for some of the larger individuals were undoubtedly nudging the 2lb mark. 5. transitive. slang (originally and chiefly Australian). To drink (alcohol) to excess. Esp. in to nudge the turps (cf. turps n. 2). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > drink intoxicating liquor > freely wassailc1300 waught?a1513 quaff1520 to drink (it) all outa1522 bibblea1529 quaught1530 to set cock on the hoopa1535 quass1549 tipple1560 swillc1563 carouse1567 to drink, quaff (pledge one) carouse1567 troll-the-bowl1575 to take one's rousea1593 pot1622 tope1668 toot1676 compotate1694 to soak one's clay (or face)1704 birlea1800 to splice the mainbrace1805 jollify1830 brimmer1838 to give it a bit of a nudge1966 nudge1966 1959 H. Drake-Brockman West Coast Stories 139 Last time I saw Wheelbarrow he had been drinking heavy—the bombo again. ‘Just to nudge me liver,’ he says.] 1966 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. (ed. 2) 178 Nudge, used in reference to drinking, e.g. give it a nudge, nudge it, to drink alcoholic liquor. 1979 B. Humphries Bazza comes into his Own 46 ‘I'm on my way to your country for a conference on alcoholism and drug dependency.’ ‘G'day Doc. You'd have to be the world expert... Did you ever nudge the turps!!’ 1998 Viz June 44/1 You show me a T.V. personality who doesn't nudge the turps. Derivatives ˈnudging adj. and n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > [adjective] > approaching an age rising1734 nudging1796 the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [adjective] > approximating or approaching approximant1641 approximate1646 proximate1657 near1685 proximal1727 nudging1796 warm1860 approaching1874 the world > relative properties > quantity > approximate quantity or amount > [adjective] > coming near in amount nigh1557 nudging1796 the mind > attention and judgement > attention > attracting attention > [noun] > attempt to attract attention nudging1796 attention-seeking1961 the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > [adjective] > striking with pushing action > pushing with elbow elbowing1755 nudging1796 the world > movement > impact > striking > striking in specific manner > [noun] > striking with pushing action > pushing > with the elbow nudging1796 elbowing1820 1796 F. Burney Camilla I. 198 She's not a bit like a lady of fortunes, with that nudging look. 1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden 97 We are not awakened by our Genius, but by the mechanical nudgings of some servitor. 1889 F. W. Farrar Lives Fathers II. xiv. 100 A gaping and nudging crowd. 1965 Listener 18 Mar. 420/2 His work..lacks the nudging cunningness of some ‘art’ photographers. 1999 Independent 15 Mar. ii. 2/7 The nudging in the right direction he was given..succeeded in making the show a better listen. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1699v.1675
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