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nudgenudge /nʌdʒ/ verb ETYMOLOGYnudgeOrigin: 1600-1700 Perhaps from a Scandinavian language VERB TABLEnudge |
| Present | I, you, we, they | nudge | | he, she, it | nudges | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | nudged | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have nudged | | he, she, it | has nudged | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had nudged | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will nudge | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have nudged |
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| Present | I | am nudging | | he, she, it | is nudging | | you, we, they | are nudging | | Past | I, he, she, it | was nudging | | you, we, they | were nudging | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been nudging | | he, she, it | has been nudging | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been nudging | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be nudging | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been nudging |
► nudged her way An old woman nudged her way through the crowd. THESAURUSmake somebody/something move► push to make someone or something move by pressing with your hands, arms, shoulders, etc.: It’s still stuck – you’ll have to push harder. Her father was pushing the wheelchair. ► roll to push a round object so that it moves forward: He rolled the tire over to the car. ► poke to push someone or something with your finger or something sharp: He poked the snake with a stick but it was dead. ► shove to push someone or something roughly and in one big movement: Tom shoved the suitcase under the bed. ► thrust formal to push something somewhere quickly and roughly. Used especially in literature: She thrust a letter into my hand. ► stuff informal to push something quickly into a small space: Martha stuffed the money into her pocket. ► ram to push something very forcefully into a small or tight space: He rammed the bolt shut on the gate. ► nudge to push someone gently with your elbow, hand, etc., usually to get his or her attention: My wife nudged me and said, “Let’s go.” 1[transitive] to push someone gently, usually with your elbow, in order to get his or her attention: Tom nudged her when her name was called.► see thesaurus at push12[transitive always + adv./prep.] to move something or someone a short distance by gently pushing: He nudged the boat into the boathouse.3[intransitive always + adv./prep., transitive] to move forward slowly by pushing gently: An old woman nudged her way through the crowd.4[transitive always + adv./prep.] to gently persuade or encourage someone to make a particular decision or do a particular thing: nudge somebody into/toward something When should you nudge a child toward something more challenging?5[transitive usually in progressive] to almost reach a particular level or amount: Temperatures were nudging into the 80s.—nudge noun [countable] |