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Word entry · 5 letters

budge

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"Move a little"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /bʌd͡ʒ/Part of speech verb, nounSorted bdeguStarts with BEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. move very slightly

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • I’ve been pushing this rock as hard as I can, but it won’t budge an inch.
  • Ile not budge an inch boy: Let him come, and kindly.
  • […]although his ſouldiers were much moved and offended to ſee their fellowes put to the worſt, he could not be induced to bouge from his place[…]

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