- a slight push, usually with the elbow
- She gave me a gentle nudge in the ribs to tell me to shut up.
- (figurative) He can work hard but he needs a nudge now and then.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- gentle
- little
- slight
- …
- give somebody
- feel
Word Originlate 17th cent. (as a verb): of unknown origin; compare with Norwegian dialect nugga, nyggja ‘to push, rub’.Want to learn more?
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Idioms
See nudge in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarynudge nudge, wink wink
(also a nudge and a wink)
- used to suggest something to do with sex without actually saying it
- They've been spending a lot of time together, nudge nudge, wink wink.
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