budge
pronunciation
How to pronounce budge in British English:
UK [bʌdʒ]
How to pronounce budge in American English:
US [bʌdʒ]
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- Verb:
- move very slightly
Word Origin
- budge
- budge: see bull
- budge (v.)
- 1580s, from Middle French bougier "to move, stir" (Modern French bouger), from Vulgar Latin *bullicare "to bubble, boil" (hence, "to be in motion"), from Latin bullire "to boil" (see boil (v.)). Compare Spanish bullir "to move about, bustle;" Portuguese bulir "to move a thing from its place." Related: Budged; budging.
Example
- 1. But the republicans will not budge from their dogma .
- 2. The good news is that mr sarkozy says he will not budge on retirement at 62 .
- 3. At the very moment it realized decolonization was historically inevitable , paris concocted a true masterpiece of political genius : undertaking all that was necessary in pulling out of africa -- and doing so in such a way as to , in fact , not budge an inch .
- 4. But craigslist refused to budge .
- 5. On this matter , don 't expect the gop to budge much .