nudge

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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /nʌd͡ʒ/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /nɐd͡ʒ/
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• rhymes with -ʌdʒ
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• CMU ARPABET: N AH1 JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Circa 17th century, perhaps of North Germanic origin, related to Norwegian nugge, nyggje (“to push, rub, shove”), Icelandic nugga (“to rub, massage”), from the root of Proto-Germanic *hnōjaną (“to smooth, join together”), from Proto-Indo-European *kneh2- (compare Ancient Greek κνάω (knáō, “to scratch, scrape”), source of English acnestis). Compare also Scots nodge (“to push, poke, nudge”), knidge (“to push, squeeze”), gnidge (“to rub, press, squeeze, bruise”), and knudge (“to squeeze, press down with the knuckles”), Saterland Frisian Nukke, Nuk (“a sudden push”), Middle Low German nucke, nücke, gnücke (“a sudden push, shock, impetus”). Compare also dialectal nuch (“to tremble”), Middle English nuchen (“to tremble”).

91 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: смушкване (smuškvane) — a gentle push
• Catalan: empenta suau — a gentle push
• Catalan: cop de colze — a gentle push
• Czech: postrčení — a gentle push
• Dutch: zetje — a gentle push
• Dutch: por — a gentle push
• Finnish: tönäisy — a gentle push
• Finnish: työntö — a gentle push
• French: petit coup de coude — a gentle push
• French: petite tape amicale — a gentle push
• German: Stups (leise oder heimlich) — a gentle push
• German: Schubs — a gentle push
• German: Stoß — a gentle push
• German: Stupser — a gentle push
• German: Knuff — a gentle push
• German: Puff — a gentle push
• German: Rippenstoß — a gentle push
• Greek: σκούντημα (skoúntima) — a gentle push
• Hungarian: megbökés — a gentle push
• Hungarian: oldalba bökés — a gentle push
• Hungarian: lökés — a gentle push
• Italian: spintarella — a gentle push
• Latvian: piebikstīšana — a gentle push
• Māori: tuke — a gentle push
• Plautdietsch: Bucks — a gentle push
• Portuguese: cutucão — a gentle push
• Russian: лёгкий толчо́к (ljóxkij) — a gentle push
• Serbo-Croatian: gurkanje — a gentle push
• Serbo-Croatian: nukanje — a gentle push
• Spanish: pequeño empujón — a gentle push
• Spanish: empujoncito — a gentle push
• Spanish: envite — a gentle push
• Turkish: dürtme — a gentle push
• Finnish: tuuppaaminen — behavioral economics: the use of positive reinforcement and indirect suggestions as ways to influence
• French: nudge — behavioral economics: the use of positive reinforcement and indirect suggestions as ways to influence
• Italian: incoraggiamento — behavioral economics: the use of positive reinforcement and indirect suggestions as ways to influence
• Bulgarian: смушквам (smuškvam) — to push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal
• Bulgarian: бутам с лакът (butam s lakǎt) — to push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal
• Catalan: empentar suaument — to push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal
• Catalan: fer un cop de colze — to push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal
• Czech: strčit — to push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal
• Czech: postrčit — to push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal
• Dutch: duw geven — to push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal
• Dutch: aanstoten — to push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal
• Dutch: porren — to push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal
• Esperanto: puŝeti — to push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal
• Finnish: tönäistä — to push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal
• French: donner un petit coup de coude — to push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal
• French: donner une petite tape amicale — to push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal
• German: anstoßen — to push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal
• German: anschubsen — to push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal
• German: anstupsen — to push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal
• German: schubsen — to push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal
• German: stupsen — to push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal
• German: schupfen — to push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal
• German: knuffen — to push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal
• Greek: σκουντώ (skountó) — to push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal
• Greek: σκουντάω (skountáo) — to push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal
• Hungarian: oldalba bök — to push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal
• Hungarian: megbök — to push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal
• Hungarian: noszogat — to push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal
• Italian: sospingere — to push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal
• Latvian: piebikstīt — to push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal
• Māori: tute — to push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal
• Māori: tuke — to push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal
• Māori: tuketuke — to push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal
• Polish: szturchać — to push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal
• Polish: szturchnąć — to push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal
• Russian: подталкивать (podtalkivatʹ) — to push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal
• Serbo-Croatian: gurkati — to push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal
• Serbo-Croatian: nukati — to push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal
• Spanish: empujar ligeramente — to push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal
• Spanish: dar un empujoncito a — to push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal
• Spanish: envidar — to push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal
• Turkish: dürtmek — to push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal
• Yiddish: אַ טאָרע טאָן — to push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal
• Yiddish: אַ שטורך טאָן (a shturkh ton) — to push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal
• Czech: přiblížit se — to near or come close to something
• Czech: přibližovat se — to near or come close to something
• Finnish: lähestyä — to near or come close to something
• German: sich annähern — to near or come close to something
• German: sich nähern — to near or come close to something
• Hungarian: megközelít — to near or come close to something
• Hungarian: csaknem elér — to near or come close to something
• Italian: lambire — to near or come close to something
• Latvian: tuvoties — to near or come close to something
• Russian: приближаться (približatʹsja) — to near or come close to something
• Russian: приблизится (priblizitsja) — to near or come close to something
• Hungarian: lök — to move slightly
• Hungarian: lökdös — to move slightly
• Hungarian: taszigál — to move slightly