budge
/bʌd͡ʒ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.23 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To cut or butt (in line); to join the front or middle rather than the back of a queue.
Canadian usage
verb
To try to improve the spot of a decision on a sports field.
Example Sentences
- "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[…]"
- "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."
- "The gender equality picture stateside can also seem bleak, especially in the wake of the Supreme Court gutting reproductive rights last summer. Women still make only 83 percent of what men do in the U.S.—a stat that has barely budged in the past 20 years."
- "I’ve been pushing this rock as hard as I can, but I can’t budge it."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /bʌd͡ʒ/