| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Budge.[Websters]
2. To be deferred. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To have ceded, regressed, conceded, surrendered or capitulated. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To be unmoored. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To have relinquished, receded or cringed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To be translocated. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To have churned, wiggled, waggled, whisked or tossed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To be jilted. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To have flinched or baulked. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. To have postponed or returned.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb budge.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (budge) | 1. Move very slightly.[Wordnet]. 2. To move off; to stir; to walk away.[Websters]. 3. Base verb from the following inflections: budging, budged, budges, budger, budgers, budgingly and budgedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "BUDGED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1785. (references) |
Specialty Definition: budge
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Literature | 1: To those budge-doctors of the stoic fur." 2: Milton: Comus, 706, 767. 3: Budge is lambskin with the wool dressed outwards, worn on the edge of capes, bachelors' hoods, and so on. Budge Row, Cannon Street, is so-called because it was chiefly occupied by budge-makers. 4: "O foolishness of men! that lend their ears 5: Budge (To) is the French bouger, to stir. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
| Slang | Verb. Source: Linguistic 101 students at the University of Oregon. Definition: To merge without permission; cut in. Context: Used when referring to the action of cutting in or merging without permission. Social Source: Mid-Westerners. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) | ||
| Slang in 1811 | BUDGE, or SNEAKING BUDGE. One that slips into houses in the dark, to steal cloaks or other clothes. Also lambs' fur formerly used for doctors' robes, whence they were called budge doctors. Standing budge; a thief's scout or spy. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. | ||
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Common Expressions: budge
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Andrew budge | Andrew Budgie is a 'moped doctor', otherwise known as a moped mechanic. He works at Eightball Motors, and is world famous for his Suzuki GSX-R tuning. His own bike finished 1st in the 2005 Brisbane championships. But noting the fact he had several accidents because of the terrible conditions including rain. He also has a sponsorship with HKS and [http://www.Lemonparty.org Top Dog Tuning]. (references) | ||
| Bill Budge | Bill Budge (born ~1954) is a computer game programmer and designer. His two main claims to fame are 1981's Raster Blaster and 1983's seminal Pinball Construction Set. Both these games were released originally for the Apple II. In the early to mid-1980s Budge was the best known game designer in North America, and the first person in the industry to legitimately be described as famous. (references) | ||
| 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. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| 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 Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
| Budge Pountney | Antony (Budge) Charles Pountney (born 13 November 1973) is the Director of Rugby at Northampton Saints rugby union club. He formerly played at flanker for Northampton and Scotland. He captained Scotland. (references) | ||
| Don 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). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Don Budge | John Donald Budge (June 13, 1915 - January 26, 2000) was a champion tennis player who became famous as the first man to win in a single year the four tournaments that compose the Grand Slam of tennis. He was considered to have the best backhand in the history of tennis, at least until the advent of Ken Rosewall in the 1950s and '60s. (references) | ||
| E. A. Wallis Budge | Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge; (July 27, 1857-November 23, 1934) was a Cornish Egyptologist, Orientalist, and Philologist. (references) | ||
| Hamer H. Budge | Hamer H. Budge served as chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission between 1969 and 1971 and also served as a member from 1964-1971. (references) | ||
| John Donald 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). Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: budge
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Budge Bachelors | Literature | A company of men clothed in long gowns lined with budge or lambs' wool, who used to accompany the Lord Mayor of London at his inauguration. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
| Darkman's budge | Slang in 1811 | 1: DARKMAN'S BUDGE. One that slides into a house in the dark of the evening, and hides himself, in order to let some of the gang in at night to rob it. 2: SNEAKING BUDGE. One that robs alone. 3: BUDGE, or SNEAKING BUDGE. One that slips into houses in the dark, to steal cloaks or other clothes. Also lambs' fur formerly used for doctors' robes, whence they were called budge doctors. Standing budge; a thief's scout or spy. 4: TO BUDGE. To move, or quit one's station. Don't budge from hence; i.e. don't move from hence, stay here. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: budge | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Don Budge | 41 | Bill Budge | 12 | |
| Budge | 32 | Budge | 32 | |
| Budge Budge | 29 | Budge Budge | 29 | |
| E. A. Wallis Budge | 25 | Budge Patty | 8 | |
| St Antholin, Budge Row | 15 | Budge Pountney | 7 | |
| Bill Budge | 12 | Budge Rogers | 5 | |
| Hamer H. Budge | 10 | Don Budge | 41 | |
| Budge Patty | 8 | E. A. Wallis Budge | 25 | |
| Budge Pountney | 7 | Grahame Budge | 2 | |
| Budge Rogers | 5 | Hamer H. Budge | 10 | |
| Grahame Budge | 2 | St Antholin, Budge Row | 15 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
