how to pronounce budge

/ˈbʌdʒ/

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budge is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of budge in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… when a lash starts to budge it'll come …”

meaning of budge

Budge means to move or shift something, usually something large, by pushing or shoving.

budge frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word budge occurs in english on average 1.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics budge can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that budge can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) people, society, and culture;