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budge (buj)

transitive verb, intransitive verb budged, budging budg′·ing

  1. to move even a little unable to budge the boulder
  2. to yield or cause to yield

Etymology: Fr < OFr bouger, to move < VL *bullicare, to boil < L bullire, boil

budge2 definition

budge (buj)

noun

lambskin dressed so that the wool is worn outward, esp. as a trimming on academic gowns of the past

Etymology: ME, a bag, bulge < OFr bouge, a bag < L bulga, leather bag < Gaul

adjective

Archaic solemn or pompous

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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