budge

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /bʌd͡ʒ/ Rhymes: -ʌdʒ === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Middle French bouger, from Old French bougier, from Vulgar Latin *bullicāre (“to bubble; seethe; move; stir”), from Latin bullīre (“to boil; seethe; roil”). More at boil. ==== Alternative forms ==== bouge, budg (both obsolete) ==== Verb ==== budge (third-person singular simple present budges, present participle budging, simple past and past participle budged) (intransitive) To move; to be shifted from a fixed position. (transitive) To move; to shift from a fixed position. To yield in one’s opinions or beliefs. (Upper Midwestern US, Indiana, western Canada) To cut or butt (in line); to join the front or middle rather than the back of a queue. To try to improve the spot of a decision on a sports field. (Can we add an example for this sense?) ===== Usage notes ===== Senses 1–3 are most often used in negative constructions (won't budge, refused to budge); and when used positively, it is a telic verb; so one can say, He finally budged, but not He budged all day until he'd finally had enough. Positive constructions such as, Sure, I'll budge, or, Will he budge? are attested, but uncommon. See also budge up. ===== Synonyms ===== shift ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English bouge, bougie, bugee, from Anglo-Norman bogé, from Anglo-Latin *bogea, bulgia, related to Latin bulga (“a leathern bag or knapsack”). Doublet of bulge. ==== Noun ==== budge (uncountable) A kind of fur prepared from lambskin dressed with the wool on, formerly used as an edging and ornament, especially on scholastic habits. ==== Adjective ==== budge (not comparable) (obsolete) austere or stiff, like scholastics ===== Derived terms ===== budge bachelor budge barrel === Etymology 3 === Perhaps related to booze. ==== Noun ==== budge (uncountable) (slang, obsolete) Alcoholic drink. ===== Derived terms ===== budgy ===== References ===== John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary === References === “budge”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “budge”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “budge”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === debug