budge

(adjective, verb)

adjective

1. (obsolete) Brisk; stirring; jocund.

2. (obsolete) austere or stiff, like scholastics

verb

1. move very slightly

Similar word(s): agitate, shift, stir

Definition categories: motion, move

Sentences with budge as a verb:

- I’ve been pushing this rock as hard as I can, but it won’t budge an inch.

- I’ve been pushing this rock as hard as I can, but I can’t budge it.

- The Minister for Finance refused to budge on the new economic rules.