NUDGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nudge mean?
• NUDGE (noun)
The noun NUDGE has 1 sense:
1. a slight push or shake
Familiarity information: NUDGE used as a noun is very rare.
• NUDGE (verb)
The verb NUDGE has 2 senses:
1. to push against gently
2. push into action by pestering or annoying gently
Familiarity information: NUDGE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• NUDGE (noun)
Meaning:
A slight push or shake
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
nudge; jog
Hypernyms ("nudge" is a kind of...):
push; pushing (the act of applying force in order to move something away)
• NUDGE (verb)
Meaning:
To push against gently
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
nudge; poke at; prod
Context example:
She nudged my elbow when she saw her friend enter the restaurant
Hypernyms (to "nudge" is one way to...):
force; push (move with force,)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "nudge"):
jog (give a slight push to)
elbow (shove one's elbow into another person's ribs)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Push into action by pestering or annoying gently
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "nudge" is one way to...):
bear on; push (press, drive, or impel (someone) to action or completion of an action)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Sentence example:
They nudge him to write the letter
