BUDGE


Meaning of BUDGE in English

[budge] n [ME bugee, fr. AF bogee] (14c): a fur formerly prepared from lambskin dressed with the wool outward

[2]budge vb budged ; budg.ing [MF bouger, fr. (assumed) VL bullicare, fr. L bullire to boil--more at boil] vi (1590) 1: move, shift "the mule wouldn't ~"

2: to give way: yield "wouldn't ~ on the issue" ~ vt: to cause to move or change [3]budge adj [origin unknown] (1634) archaic: pompous, solemn

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