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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024budge1 /bʌdʒ/USA pronunciation v. [often used with a negative], budged, budg•ing. - to (cause to) move slightly: [no object]The car wouldn't budge.[~ + object]couldn't budge the car out of the snowbank.
- to (cause to) change one's opinion or stated position;
(cause to) give in: [no object]refused to budge on the question.[~ + object]We couldn't budge her on the issue.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024budge1 (buj),USA pronunciation v., budged, budg•ing. (often used negatively) v.i. - to move slightly;
begin to move:He stepped on the gas but the car didn't budge. - to change one's opinion or stated position;
yield:Once her father had said "no,'' he wouldn't budge.
v.t. - to cause to move;
begin to move:It took three of them to budge the rock. - to cause (someone) to reconsider or change an opinion, decision, or stated position:They couldn't budge the lawyer.
- Vulgar Latin *bullicāre to bubble, frequentative of Latin bullīre; see boil1
- Anglo-French, Middle French bouger to stir
- 1580–90
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged persuade, induce, move, sway, convince.
budge2 (buj),USA pronunciation n. - Clothinga fur made from lambskin with the wool dressed outward, used esp. as an inexpensive trimming on academic or official gowns.
adj. - Clothingmade from, trimmed, or lined with budge.
- [Obs.]pompous;
solemn.
- Middle English bugee, perh. akin to budget 1350–1400
- Biographical (John) Donald, born 1915, U.S. tennis player.
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