Budge (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

verb (used without object), budged, budg·ing.
  1. to move slightly; begin to move: He stepped on the gas but the car didn't budge.
  2. to change one's opinion or stated position; yield: Once her father had said “no,” he wouldn't budge.
verb (used with object), budged, budg·ing.
  1. to cause to move; begin to move: It took three of them to budge the rock.
  2. to cause (someone) to reconsider or change an opinion, decision, or stated position: They couldn't budge the lawyer.
noun
  1. a fur made from lambskin with the wool dressed outward, used especially as an inexpensive trimming on academic or official gowns.
adjective
  1. made from, trimmed, or lined with budge.
  2. pompous; solemn.
noun
  1. U.S. tennis player.
verb (usually used with a negative)
  1. to move, however slightly
  2. to change or cause to change opinions, etc
noun
  1. a lambskin dressed for the fur to be worn on the outer side
noun
  1. Don (ald). 1915–2000, US tennis player, the first man to win the Grand Slam of singles championships (Australia, France, Wimbledon, and the US) in one year (1938)
Budge (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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