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budges

/ˈbʌd͡ʒɪz/

budges is the third-person singular simple present indicative of budge.

Meaning of budge

Verb

budge (third-person singular simple present budges, present participle budging, simple past and past participle budged)

  1. (intransitive) To move; to be shifted from a fixed position.
    • I’ve been pushing this rock as hard as I can, but it won’t budge an inch.
  2. (transitive) To move; to shift from a fixed position.
    • I’ve been pushing this rock as hard as I can, but I can’t budge it.
  3. To yield in one’s opinions or beliefs.
    • The Minister for Finance refused to budge on the new economic rules.
  4. (Canada, Western, Upper Midwestern US, Indiana) To cut or butt (in line); to join the front or middle rather than the back of a queue.
    • Hey, no budging! Don't budge in line!
  5. To try to improve the spot of a decision on a sports field.

See all 9 meanings of budge

Proper noun capitalized: Budges

Budges

  1. (plural) plural of Budge

Phrases with budges

Words that rhyme with budges

Questions about budges

What is budges the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Budges is the third-person singular simple present indicative of budge.
What part of speech is budges?
Budges is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce budges?
Budges is pronounced /ˈbʌd͡ʒɪz/.

Words near budges in the dictionary

  1. budgeros
  2. budgerow
  3. budgerows
  4. budgers
  5. Budgerum East
  6. budges
  7. budges an inch
  8. budges the needle
  9. budges up
  10. budget
  11. budget airline

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Adapted from Wiktionary: budges (page history and authors); Budges (page history and authors); budge (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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