Main Entry:

²budge

Function:

verb

Inflected Form(s):

budged; budg·ing

Etymology:

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

Date:

1578

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