budge

¹budge

noun \ˈbəj\

Definition of BUDGE

: a fur formerly prepared from lambskin dressed with the wool outward

Origin of BUDGE

Middle English bugee, from Anglo-French buge

First Known Use: 14th century

Rhymes with BUDGE

bludge, drudge, fudge, grudge, judge, nudge, sludge, smudge, trudge

²budge

verb

budged budg·ing

Definition of BUDGE

intransitive verb

1

: move, shift <the mule wouldn't budge>

2

: to give way : yield <wouldn't budge on the issue>

transitive verb

: to cause to move or change

Examples of BUDGE

1. Their horses refused to budge.
2. The door was stuck, and we couldn't even get it to budge.
3. Could you try opening this jar for me? I can't budge the lid.
4. We tried to change her mind, but we couldn't budge her.

Origin of BUDGE

Anglo-French bouger, from Vulgar Latin *bullicare, from Latin bullire to boil — more at boil

First Known Use: 1578

Related to BUDGE

Synonyms

blink, bow, yield, capitulate, concede, give in, knuckle under, quit, relent, submit, succumb, surrender

Antonyms

resist

Related Words

acquiesce; defer

Near Antonyms

contend, fight, hold off; battle, breast, combat, confront, counter, defy, face, meet, object, oppose, repel; thwart, withstand

³budge

adjective

Definition of BUDGE

archaic

: pompous, solemn

Origin of BUDGE

origin unknown

First Known Use: 1599