budge
/bʌdʒ/
verb
- 1
To move.
“I’ve been pushing this rock as hard as I can, but it won’t budge an inch.”
- 2
To move.
“I’ve been pushing this rock as hard as I can, but I can’t budge it.”
- 3
To yield in one’s opinions or beliefs.
“The Minister for Finance refused to budge on the new economic rules.”
- 4
(Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa) 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!”
- 5
To try to improve the spot of a decision on a sports field.
Synonyms
adjective
- 1
Brisk; stirring; jocund.
noun
- 1
A kind of fur prepared from lambskin dressed with the wool on, formerly used as an edging and ornament, especially on scholastic habits.
adjective
- 1
Austere or stiff, like scholastics
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