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nudged

nudged is the simple past and past participle of nudge.

Meaning of nudge

Verb

nudge (third-person singular simple present nudges, present participle nudging, simple past and past participle nudged)

  1. (transitive) To push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal.
    • Libertarian paternalism is the view that, because the way options are presented to citizens affects what they choose, society should present options in a way that “nudges” our intuitive selves to make choices that are more consistent with what our more deliberative selves would have chosen if they...2012 January, Steven Sloman, “The Battle Between Intuition and Deliberation”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 08 Jan 2012, page 74
    Synonyms:
    jog
  2. (transitive) To near or come close to something.
    • This year's profits are nudging the 10 million mark.
  3. (transitive) To move slightly.
    • But a serious public health and economic crisis, and the responses to it from commonwealth and state governments, seems to have nudged some “protest” voters back into the major party fold.2021 February 2, Katharine Murphy, The Guardian

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Phrases with nudged

Questions about nudged

What is nudged the simple past and past participle of?
Nudged is the simple past and past participle of nudge.

Words near nudged in the dictionary

  1. nudge ahead
  2. nudge nudge wink wink
  3. nudge out
  4. nudge theory
  5. nudgeable
  6. nudged
  7. nudged ahead
  8. nudged out
  9. nudger
  10. nudgers
  11. nudges

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