Etymology : Middle English bugee, from Anglo-French bogee
Pronunciation : 'b&j
Function : noun
Date : 14th century
1. move; be moved. budge\budge\ , v. i. [imp. & p. p. budged ; 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. i'll not budge an inch, boy. the mouse ne'er shunned the cat as they did budge from rascals worse than they.budge \budge\, a. [see:
budge, v.] brisk; stirring; jocund. [obs.]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.budge \budge\, a.
2. lined with budge; hence, scholastic. "budge gowns.".
3. austere or stiff, like scholastics. those budge doctors of the stoic fur.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.budge 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] move very slightly; "he shifted in his seat" [syn: stir, shift, agitate].
4. To move off; to stir; to walk away.
5. Brisk; stirring; jocund.
6. A kind of fur prepared from lambskin dressed with the wool on; used formerly as an edging and ornament, esp. of scholastic habits.
7. Lined with budge; hence, scholastic.
8. Austere or stiff, like scholastics.
9. 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.
10. 1. If someone will not budge on a matter, or if nothing budges them, they refuse to change their mind or to come to an agreement. The Americans are adamant that they will not budge on this point No amount of prodding will budge him.
11. If someone or something will not budge, they will not move. If you cannot budge them, you cannot make them move. Her mother refused to budge from London I got a grip on the boat and pulled but I couldn't budge it.