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Definitions: Nudge |
NudgeNoun1. A slight push or shake. Verb1. To push against gently. 2. Push into action by pestering or annoying gently. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "nudge" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1808. (references) |
Synonyms: NudgeSynonyms: jog (n), poke at (v), prod (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Indication | Make a sign; n. signalize; underscore; give a signal, hang out a signal; beckon; nod; wink, glance, leer, nudge, shrug, tip the wink; gesticulate; raise the finger, hold up the finger, raise the hand, hold up the hand; saw the air, "suit the action to the word". |
Gesture, gesticulation; pantomime; wink, glance, leer; nod, shrug, beck; touch, nudge; dactylology, dactylonomy; freemasonry, telegraphy, chirology, byplay, dumb show; cue; hint; clue, clew, key, scent. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Nudge |
| English words defined with "nudge": Nudge/, Nudging. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "nudge": Existence ♦ Ping O' Death. (references) |
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Screenplays | All I did was give your uncle a little nudge out of the door. (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; writing credit: Frances Walsh) | |
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 | A Union County farmer adjusts a nose pump. The pump, operated by cattle which nudge the control to pump them a drink of water, allows the manager to keep cattle a distance from the water supply, which makes for cleaner water.Credit: Laura Greiner. |  | Nudge -- the language of the elbow.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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 | Punch; punching bag; violence; violent; fighting; fight; hit; hitting; bash; belt; biff; blow; bop; box; buffet; clip; clout; cuff; dig; jab; jog; knock; lollop; nudge; one-two; plug; plunk; poke; prod; pummel; rap; shot; slam; slap; slug; slug; smack; sm. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | EXISTENCE, n. A transient, horrible, fantastic dream, Wherein is nothing yet all things do seem: From which we're wakened by a friendly nudge Of our bedfellow Death, and cry: "O fudge!" |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Nudge" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 47.01% of the time. "Nudge" is used about 134 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 47.01% | 63 | 42,364 |
| Noun (singular) | 38.81% | 52 | 47,145 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 14.18% | 19 | 80,337 |
| Total | 100.00% | 134 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "nudge": nudge-nudge. | |
Ending with "nudge": nudge-nudge. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
nudge | 6 |
bar nudge | 5 |
nudge nudge wink wink | 4 |
boomer nudge | 3 |
monty nudge nudge python wink wink | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "nudge"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | aanstoot (commotion, indignation, jog, offence, scandal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shtytje e lehtë (prod). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | نشط الذاكرة (excite), وكزة (poke), إسترعى الإنتباه (solicit), دفعه, دفع بالكوع (poke), دفع برفق. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сбутване (jog), сбутвам (jog), бутане (jostle, propulsion, push, shove, thrust, thrusting), бутам с лакът (elbow, hunch), побутвам с лакът. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | strèit (poke). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | toestoten (jog), een duw geven (jog), aanstoten (jog). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | ekpuŝi (jog). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | سقلمه , اشاره کردن (Abode, Allude, Hint, Imply, Insinuate, Mention, Motion, Sign), باارنج زدن (Elbow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tyrkkiä (jostle poke, push), tuuppia (jostle, poke, push), tökätä. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pousser du coude, poussée, donner un petit coup de coude, coup de coude, attirer l'attention. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | oanstompe (jog), oanstjitte (jog). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | anstoßen (adjoin, bang, bark, border on, bully off, bump into, cause offense, chip, clink glasses, give a push, hit, jog, kick off, knock, touch glasses). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σκουντώ (joggle, jostle), σκουντί, ωθώ ελαφρώσ, ελαφρή ώθηση (jog), αγγίζω ελαφρώσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ל"סב תשומת לב (attract), ל"חוף קלות (poke). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | oldalba lökés (könyökkel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | singgung (contact, touch), gamit, bersinggung, bergamitan, bergamit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | tocco di gomito, gomitata (blow with the elbow), dare una gomitata a, colpetto (flick, jab, Pat, tap). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 突く (to attack, to nudge, to pick at, to poke, to strike, to thrust). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | つつく (to attack, to nudge, to pick at, to poke, to strike, to thrust), つく (comes on, to accompany, to adhere, to adjoin, to arrive at, to attach to, to attack, to be added to, to be attached, to be connected with, to be dyed, to be recorded, to be scarred, to be stained, to become allied to, to breathe, to catch fire, to disgorge, to follow, to haunt, to increase, to nudge, to pick at, to poke, to possess, to reach, to settle in, to start, to strike, to study, to study with, to take, to tell, to thrust, to vomit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | cur uillin da, brod (goad, jab, prick, spur, stimulus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | udgenay nu (bare, naked, Niue, nude, nugatory, plain, sky-clad, unbacked, unclad), cutucada (prod). (various references) ghiont (bunt, dig, hunch, jog, stick), da un ghiont, da un cot, atinge cu cotul, înghionti (bunt, jostle, shove). (various references) легкий толчок локтем. (various references) gurkati, gurkanje. (various references) empujar (dig, drive, drive along, heave, hustle, intrigue, jog, jolt, jostle, move, poke, press, propel, push, push back, push in, push on, push to, roll, sack, shove, thrust, urge, wheel), dar un codazo suave, codazo suave. (various references) puffa till (push). (various references) ถอง. (various references) hafifçe dürtmek, hafifçe dürtme, dirseklemek (elbow), dirsekle dürtmek (elbow), dürtmek (dig, edge on, ginger, ginger up, goad, hustle, incite, jab, jog, jolt, poke, prod, shove, spur, spur smb. on, thrust). (various references) натякати (allude, beat to drums, hint, imply, insinuate, intimate), наводити на думку (predicate), злегка підштовхувати ліктем, поштовх ліктем. (various references) cú thúc bằng khuỷ tay, cú đánh bằng khuỷ tay. (various references) pwnio (beat, thump, wallop), pwniad (dig). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "nudge": nudged, nudger, nudgers, nudges. (additional references) | |
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"Nudge" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Gnadige, knudge, kudge, mudge, Mudgee, Ndume, nidge, Nigde, nige, Nodge, noge, noodge, nooge, Nordgau, Nordgren, Norge, nuage, Nuddea, Nudel, nudey, nudger, nudget, nudgy, Nugai, nuge, nugee, Nugw, nunge, nurge, Nutgw, tudge, Udeghe. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "nudge" (pronounced nu"j) |
| 2 | -u" j | adjudge, begrudge, budge, drudge, fudge, grudge, judge, misjudge, prejudge, sludge, smudge, trudge. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-g-n-u" | |
-1 letter: dune, dung, genu, gude, nude, unde. | |
-2 letters: den, due, dug, dun, end, eng, ged, gen, gnu, gun. | |
-3 letters: de, ed, en, ne, nu, un. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-g-n-u" | |
+1 letter: augend, bunged, dengue, dunged, gerund, gulden, gunned, lunged, nudged, nudger, nudges, unaged. | |
+2 letters: agendum, augends, blunged, bungled, dengues, deucing, dudgeon, dueling, dungeon, dungier, dunnage, educing, eluding, enduing, exuding, feuding, gerunds, grunted, gudgeon, guerdon, guldens, indulge, jungled, lounged, nudgers, plunged, pungled, snugged, sueding, tongued, trudgen, uncaged, undergo, unglued, unpaged, unurged. | |
+3 letters: agendums, bludgeon, debuting, deducing, defusing, defuzing, deluding, deluging, denuding, deputing, dinguses, dudgeons, duelling, duetting, dungaree, dungeons, dungiest, dunnages, enduring, engulfed, expunged, geepound, glandule, glunched, grandeur, grounded, grounder, gruntled, gudgeons, guerdons, gueridon, guidance, hungered, impugned, indulged, indulger, indulges, ingulfed, judgment, nutsedge, oppugned, poundage, reducing, reground, repugned, seducing, snuggled, trudgens, trudgeon, unargued, underage, underdog, undergod, unending, unforged, ungalled, ungifted, ungirded, unglazed, ungloved, ungowned, ungraced, ungraded, ungreedy, unguided, unhanged, unhedged, unhinged, unjudged, unpegged, unpurged, unrigged, unsigned, untagged, untinged, upending. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 75 64 67 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. ..- -.. --. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01110101 01100100 01100111 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N u d g e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0075 0064 0067 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4887707371 |
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