Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To move or stir slightly.
- intransitive verb To alter a position or attitude.
- intransitive verb To cause to move slightly.
- intransitive verb To cause to alter a position or attitude.
- noun Fur made from lambskin dressed with the wool outside, formerly used to trim academic robes.
- adjective Overformal; pompous.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To move; stir; change position; give way: now usually with a negative, implying stubborn resistance to pressure.
- To move; stir; change the position of.
- Brisk; jocund.
- noun A leathern bag.
- noun Lambskin dressed with the wool outward, much used in the Elizabethan era and since as an inexpensive fur for the edging of garments.
- noun Same as
budge-barrel . - [⟨ budge, 2.] Trimmed or adorned with budge (see I., 2): as, “budge gowns,”
- Scholastic; pedantic; austere; surly; stiff; formal: as, “budge doctors,”
- noun One who slips into a house or shop to steal cloaks, etc.; a sneak-thief.
- noun Same as
booze .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To move off; to stir; to walk away.
- adjective obsolete Brisk; stirring; jocund.
- noun A kind of fur prepared from lambskin dressed with the wool on; -- used formerly as an edging and ornament, esp. of scholastic habits.
- adjective Lined with budge; hence, scholastic.
- adjective Austere or stiff, like scholastics.
- adjective one of a company of men clothed in long gowns lined with budge, who formerly accompanied the lord mayor of London in his inaugural procession.
- adjective (Mil.) a small copper-hooped barrel with only one head, the other end being closed by a piece of leather, which is drawn together with strings like a purse. It is used for carrying powder from the magazine to the battery, in siege or seacoast service.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive To
move . - verb transitive To move.
- verb To
yield in one’sopinions orbeliefs . - verb To try to
improve thespot of a decision on a sports field. - noun A kind of
fur prepared fromlambskin dressed with thewool on, formerly used as anedging andornament , especially onscholastic habits . - adjective obsolete
austere orstiff , likescholastics
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb move very slightly
- noun United States tennis player who in 1938 was the first to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles championship in the same year (1915-2000)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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After refusing to budge from the volcano's fertile slopes, saying they wanted to tend to their crops and protect their homes, villagers started streaming by the thousands into makeshift emergency shelters late Tuesday.
Indonesia Hit By Tsunami, Volcanic Eruption By SLAMET RIYADI 2010
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That pledge is probably why libertarians tend not to budge from the non-initiation of force principle.
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And your unwillingness to budge is demonstrated by the fact that you have major divisions WITHIN YOUR OWN PARTY!
Gang of Six Republicans say no to Baucus bill - for now 2009
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Despite repeated protests, French President Nicolas Sarkozy's government has refused to budge from a key reform plan, aimed at helping reduce the government debt.
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That pledge is probably why libertarians tend not to budge from the non-initiation of force principle.
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I agree with the statement, but refuse to budge from the thought that “progress for its own sake” is akin to “A.” ladymercury Says:
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Ring screws should be tightened firmly, not obsessively, because you may have to take your scope off in the field, where a screw that won't budge is the last thing you need.
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Also, one reason I think Seattle is unwilling to budge from the tunnel, is because then the rest of the state gets to pays for rebuilding the seawall.
Sound Politics: "The heavyweight fight for the waterfront" 2007
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Navy and Air Force unwilling to budge from the coastal shelf of the Asian mainland.
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Navy and Air Force unwilling to budge from the coastal shelf of the Asian mainland.
brtom commented on the word budge
O foolishnes of men! that find their ears
To those budge doctors of the Stoick Furr,
And fetch their precepts from the Cynick Tub,
Praising the lean and sallow Abstinence.
Milton, Comus
December 16, 2006
fbharjo commented on the word budge
besides meaning to stir,move also means lambskin dressed outward and this lead usage to an adjective budge that means pompous, pendantic and stiff
February 8, 2013