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budge
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle French bougier, from Old French bougier, from Vulgar Latin *bullic?re (“to bubble; seethe; move; stir”), from Latin bull?re (“to boil; seethe; roil”).
Alternative forms
- budg (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /b?d?/
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.
- I’ve been pushing this rock as hard as I can, but it won’t budge an inch.
- 2014, Jacob Steinberg, "Wigan shock Manchester City in FA Cup again to reach semi-finals", The Guardian, 9 March 2014:
- Yet goals in either half from Jordi Gómez and James Perch inspired them and then, in the face of a relentless City onslaught, they simply would not budge, throwing heart, body and soul in the way of a ball which seemed destined for their net on several occasions.
- (transitive) To move; to shift from a fixed position.
- I’ve been pushing this rock as hard as I can, but I can’t budge it.
- To yield in one’s opinions or beliefs.
- The Minister for Finance refused to budge on the new economic rules.
- (Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, western Canada) To cut or butt (in line); to join the front or middle rather than the back of a queue.
- Hey, no budging! Don't budge in line!
- To try to improve the spot of a decision on a sports field.
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Synonyms
- shift
Derived terms
- budge up
- budger
- budge an inch
Usage notes
In senses 1-3, most often used in negative senses (won't budge; refused to budge, but not usually Sure, I'll budge or Will he budge?); but see budge up.
Translations
Adjective
budge (comparative more budge, superlative most budge)
- (obsolete) Brisk; stirring; jocund.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of South to this entry?)
Etymology 2
From Middle English bouge from 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.
- 1649, John Milton, Observations
- They are become so liberal, as to part freely with their own budge-gowns from off their backs.
- 1649, John Milton, Observations
Adjective
budge (not comparable)
- (obsolete) austere or stiff, like scholastics
Derived terms
- budge bachelor
- budge barrel
References
- budge at OneLook Dictionary Search
- budge in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- debug
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bludge
English
Etymology
Backformation from bludger.
Pronunciation
Noun
bludge (uncountable)
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) The act of bludging.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Easy work.
- 2011, Irini Savvides, Sky Legs, unnumbered page,
- ‘Seriously, you?ve got sheep at school?’ I said.
- ‘Yeah, heaps of kids here do Ag. Reckon it?s a big bludge, like drama.’
- 2011, Irini Savvides, Sky Legs, unnumbered page,
Synonyms
- (easy work): doddle
Verb
bludge (third-person singular simple present bludges, present participle bludging, simple past and past participle bludged)
- (Australia, obsolete, slang) To live off the earnings of a prostitute.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) To not earn one's keep, to live off someone else or off welfare when one could be working.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) To avoid one's responsibilities; to leave it to others to perform duties that one is expected to perform.
- 2002, Donald Friend, Anne Gray (editor), The Diaries of Donald Friend, Volume 1, page 343,
- One of the mess orderlies had consistently bludged on the rest of us all day.
- 2002, Donald Friend, Anne Gray (editor), The Diaries of Donald Friend, Volume 1, page 343,
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) To do nothing, to be idle, especially when there is work to be done.
- 1998, Marion Halligan, Rosanne Fitzgibbon, The gift of story: Three decades of UQP short stories, page 96,
- Now, you get back out there and you bludge! I don't want to see anyone working, OK? I don't want to see any pick-axes, any hammers, or nothing.
- 2004, John Smyth, Robert Hattam, et al., ‘Dropping Out,’ Drifting Off, Being Excluded: Becoming Somebody Without School, page 53,
- I mean, school?s like a job. If you work for it you get your grades; if you work your hours you get your money. But if you bludge, you don't get money; if you bludge you don't get any grades. That's something that I didn't realize when I was young.
- 1998, Marion Halligan, Rosanne Fitzgibbon, The gift of story: Three decades of UQP short stories, page 96,
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang) To take some benefit and give nothing in return.
- Can I bludge a cigarette off you?
Synonyms
- (live off someone else): freeload, sponge
- (avoid one's responsibilities): shirk
- (be idle, do nothing): idle, laze, lounge
- (take without giving back): cadge, scrounge
Related terms
- bludger
Translations
Anagrams
- bugled, bulged
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