'Budge' definitions:

Definition of 'Budge'

From: WordNet
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) [syn: Budge, Don Budge, John Donald Budge]
verb
Move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat" [syn: stir, shift, budge, agitate]

Definition of 'Budge'

From: GCIDE
  • Budge \Budge\, a.
  • 1. Lined with budge; hence, scholastic. "Budge gowns." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Austere or stiff, like scholastics. [1913 Webster]
  • Those budge doctors of the stoic fur. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Budge'

From: GCIDE
  • Budge \Budge\ (b[u^]j), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Budged (b[u^]jd); p. pr. & vb. n. Budging.] [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.] To move off; to stir; to walk away. [1913 Webster]
  • I'll not budge an inch, boy. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • The mouse ne'er shunned the cat as they did budge From rascals worse than they. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Budge'

From: GCIDE
  • Budge \Budge\, a. [See Budge, v.] Brisk; stirring; jocund. [Obs.] --South. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Budge'

From: GCIDE
  • Budge \Budge\, n. [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.] A kind of fur prepared from lambskin dressed with the wool on; -- used formerly as an edging and ornament, esp. of scholastic habits. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'budge'

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