budge (Meaning)

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budge (n)

United States tennis player who in 1938 was the first to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles championship in the same year (1915-2000)

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budge (v)

move very slightly

Webster

budge (v. i.)

To move off; to stir; to walk away.

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budge (v.)

Brisk; stirring; jocund.

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budge (n.)

A kind of fur prepared from lambskin dressed with the wool on; -- used formerly as an edging and ornament, esp. of scholastic habits.

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budge (a.)

Lined with budge; hence, scholastic.

Austere or stiff, like scholastics.

budge Sentence Examples

  1. Despite my efforts, the heavy box wouldn't budge an inch.
  2. The massive rock seemed immovable, refusing to budge no matter how hard we pushed.
  3. She attempted to budge the stubborn door, but it remained firmly closed.
  4. After several minutes of pushing and pulling, the door finally began to budge.
  5. The tree roots had grown so deeply that they wouldn't budge when we tried to remove them.
  6. I tried to budge the car out of the mud, but it was stuck fast.
  7. With a mighty heave, we managed to budge the boulder just enough to squeeze through.
  8. Despite the crowd's efforts, the statue wouldn't budge from its pedestal.
  9. The window was painted shut and wouldn't budge no matter how much force we applied.
  10. It took all of our strength to budge the heavy furniture across the room.

FAQs About the word budge

United States tennis player who in 1938 was the first to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles championship in the same year (1915

concede, bow, capitulate, submit,succumb, surrender, relent, give in, quit, throw in the sponge

contend, contend,resist, fight, resist, fight, object,meet, confront, counter

Despite my efforts, the heavy box wouldn't budge an inch.

The massive rock seemed immovable, refusing to budge no matter how hard we pushed.

She attempted to budge the stubborn door, but it remained firmly closed.

After several minutes of pushing and pulling, the door finally began to budge.