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Budge

/bʌdʒ/

To move.

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📖 Definitions of "Budge"

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!"

adjective

1
Brisk; stirring; jocund.

🔄 Synonyms of "Budge"

3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
shiftnoun	A movement to do something, a beginning.
stirverb	(transitive) To disturb the relative position of the particles (of a liquid or similar) by passing an object through it.
agitateverb	(transitive) To disturb or excite; to perturb or stir up (a person).

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Budge"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
stirverb	(transitive) To disturb the relative position of the particles (of a liquid or similar) by passing an object through it.
agitateverb	(transitive) To disturb or excite; to perturb or stir up (a person).
shiftnoun	A movement to do something, a beginning.
moveverb	(intransitive) To change place or posture; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to another.
succumbverb	(intransitive) To yield to an overpowering force or overwhelming desire.
recantverb	(ambitransitive) To withdraw or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed, especially formally and publicly.
cedeverb	(transitive) To give up; yield to another. [with to]
relinquishverb	(transitive) To give up, abandon or retire from something; to trade away.
yieldnoun	To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render.
touchnoun	Primarily physical senses.
concedeverb	To admit or agree to be true; to acknowledge
slamnoun	(transitive, ergative) To shut with sudden force so as to produce a shock and noise.
wiggleverb	(transitive, intransitive) To move with irregular, back and forward or side to side motions; to shake or jiggle.
flinchverb	(intransitive) To make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a (usually negative) stimulus; to cringe; to blench.
derailverb	(transitive) To cause to come off the tracks.
movesnoun	A good ability to dance.
inchnoun	An English unit of length equal to 1/12 of a foot or 2.54 cm, conceived as roughly the width of a thumb.
changenoun	(intransitive) To become something different.
alterverb	(ambitransitive) To change the form or structure of.
displaceverb	To move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.