Dictionary Definition
nudge n : a slight push or shake [syn: jog]
Verb
1 to push against gently; "She nudged my elbow
when she saw her friend enter the restaurant" [syn: poke at, prod]
2 push into action by pestering or annoying
gently
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ʌdʒ
Etymology
Circa 17th Century, from Scandinavian.Translations
- Finnish: tönäisy, työntö
- German: Stups (leise oder heimlich)
- Portuguese: pequeno empurrão
Verb
Translations
To push against gently, especially in order to
gain attention or give a signal
- Finnish: tönäistä
To near or come close to something
- Finnish: lähestyä
See also
nudge nudge wink winkExtensive Definition
Nudge may refer to:
- Nudge, Urban slang word for the police. Popularized through American Hip-hop music, television, and cinema. (NOUN): 'Hide the drugs, it's the Nudge!' 'When I grow up daddy, I want to be a Nudge, just like you.' The term Nudge became so popular as a word for the Police that the popular T.V. show 'Cops' was originally titled 'The Nudge' until network executives changed the name back to 'Cops' to avoid a possible lawsuit with the A & E network which had a popular T.V. miniseries titled 'Nudge patrol'.
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Roman candle, actuate, aid to navigation,
alarm, amber light,
assault, attouchement, balefire, beacon, beacon fire, bear, bear upon, bearing, beat the drum, bell, bell buoy, blinker, blue peter, boost, bring to recollection,
broad hint, brush, brush
by, buck, bull, bulldoze, bump, bump against, bunt, buoy, butt, butt against, caress, carry back, caution
light, clue, come in
contact, contact,
contingence,
cram, crowd, cue, dig, dip, drive, elbow, encourage, encouragement, exchange
colors, flag, flag down,
flare, flash, flog, fog bell, fog signal, fog
whistle, foghorn,
force, gentle hint,
gesture, give a hint,
give a signal, give the cue, give the nod, glance, glimmer, glimmering, go light,
goad, gong buoy, graze, green light, hail, hail and speak, half-mast,
head, heliograph, high sign,
hint, hit, hoist a banner, hold the
promptbook, hurtle,
hustle, impel, impinge, impingement, impingence, implication, index, indication, inkling, innuendo, insinuation, international
alphabet flag, international numeral pennant, intimation, jab, jam, jog, jog the memory, joggle, jolt, jostle, kick, kiss, lash, leer, look, make a sign, marker beacon,
mobilize, motivate, move, nag, needle, nod, osculate, osculation, parachute flare,
pile drive, pilot flag, poke, police whistle, press, pressure, prick, prod, prompt, prompt the mind, propel, punch, push, put in mind, put in
remembrance, quarantine flag, radio beacon, raise a cry, ram, ram down, rattle, recall, red flag, red light,
remember, remind, remind one of, rocket, rub, run, run against, sailing aid,
salute, scent, scrape, semaphore, semaphore flag,
semaphore telegraph, set in motion, shake, shave, shoulder, shove, sideswipe, sign, signal, signal beacon, signal
bell, signal fire, signal flag, signal gong, signal gun, signal
lamp, signal light, signal mast, signal post, signal rocket, signal
shot, signal siren, signal tower, signalize, skim, skirt, sound an alarm, sound the
trumpet, spar buoy, speak,
spoor, spur, squeak by, sting, stop light, stress, suggest, suggestion, suspicion, symptom, taction, tamp, tangency, telltale, tentative contact,
the nod, the wink, thrust, touch, touching, track, traffic light, traffic
signal, unfurl a flag, watch fire, wave, wave a flag, wave the hand,
whip, whisper, white flag, wigwag, wigwag flag, wink, yellow flag