Budge, Don Budge, John Donald Budge
(noun) 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)
stir, shift, budge, agitate
(verb) move very slightly; “He shifted in his seat”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
budge (third-person singular simple present budges, present participle budging, simple past and past participle budged)
(intransitive) To move.
(transitive) To move.
To yield in one’s opinions or beliefs.
(Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, western Canada) To cut or butt (in line); to join the front or middle rather than the back of a queue.
To try to improve the spot of a decision on a sports field.
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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.
budge (comparative more budge, superlative most budge)
(obsolete) Brisk; stirring; jocund.
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.
budge (not comparable)
(obsolete) austere or stiff, like scholastics
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Budge (plural Budges)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Budge is the 18198th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1529 individuals. Budge is most common among White (92.28%) individuals.
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Source: Wiktionary
Budge, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Budged; p. pr. & vb. n. Budging.] Etym: [F. bouger to stir, move (akin to Pr. bojar, bolegar, to stir, move, It. bulicare to boil, bubble), fr. L. bullire. See Boil, v. i.]
Definition: To move off; to stir; to walk away. I'll not budge an inch, boy. Shak. The mouse ne'er shunned the cat as they did budge From rascals worse than they. Shak.
Budge, a. Etym: [See Budge, v.]
Definition: Brisk; stirring; jocund. [Obs.] South.
Budge, n. Etym: [OE. bouge bag, OF. boge, bouge, fr. L. bulga a leathern bag or knapsack; a Gallic word; cf. OIr. bolc, Gael. bolg. Cf. Budge, n.]
Definition: A kind of fur prepared from lambskin dressed with the wool on;
– used formerly as an edging and ornament, esp. of scholastic habits.
Budge, a.
1. Lined with budge; hence, scholastic. "Budge gowns." Milton.
2. Austere or stiff, like scholastics. Those budge doctors of the stoic fur. Milton. Budge bachelor, one of a company of men clothed in long gowns lined with budge, who formerly accompanied the lord mayor of London in his inaugural procession.
– Budge barrel (Mil.), a small copper-hooped barrel with only one head, the other end being closed by a piece of leather, which is drawn together with strings like a purse. It is used for carrying powder from the magazine to the battery, in siege or seacoast service.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
