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Nudge   /nədʒ/   Listen
Nudge

noun
1.
A slight push or shake.  Synonym: jog.
verb
(past & past part. nudged; pres. part. nudging)
1.
To push against gently.  Synonyms: poke at, prod.
2.
Push into action by pestering or annoying gently.



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"Nudge" Quotes from Famous Books



... beside the benches for a moment while Dr. Judson said a simple grace. Blue Bonnet noticed that even the smallest boy there bent his head at once, without even so much as a nudge from his neighbor. There was a second of absolute quiet after the pleasant voice finished the short invocation; then a shoving of benches, a rattle of dishes; and the meal progressed amid peals of laughter and an incessant clucking ...
— Blue Bonnet's Ranch Party • C. E. Jacobs

... at first, then feeling a nudge from Kennedy, I added hastily: "Oh, yes, to be sure. I think I have heard of it. It's a Mexican drink, is it not? I have never had the pleasure of tasting it or of tasting that other drink, pulque—poolkay—did I get ...
— The Silent Bullet • Arthur B. Reeve

... appeal at the doctor. But the doctor was studying, with grave intentness, a stencilled pattern on the chancel roof; and paid no attention to Flower's nudge. ...
— The Rosary • Florence L. Barclay

... eyes and in every pair of eyes whose glance she met, how different she was from all the other girls. For it was a look of wonder and amusement that she encountered each time, and sometimes two girls would whisper behind their hands and laugh, or one would nudge her desk-mate to look around at the stranger, so that the flush came back to Mavis's face and stayed there. The tall teacher saw, too, and understood, and, to draw no more attention to her than was necessary, he did not go ...
— The Heart Of The Hills • John Fox, Jr.

... have killed yourself," said the surgeon and gave the patient a paternal nudge. "And now, little miss, hurry—sugar of ...
— The Indian Lily and Other Stories • Hermann Sudermann


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