nudge

1. 1.

   a slight push or shake

   Synonymsjog

   Broaderpush

Other forms of nudge

plural

nudges·

past tense

nudged·

present participle

nudging·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about nudge

What does nudge mean?

nudge means "to push against gently". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in nudge?

nudge has 1 syllable: nudge. In IPA it is /ˈnʌdʒ/.

What is another word for nudge?

Close synonyms include poke at, prod, jog. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nudge a common word?

nudge is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.