0 present participle of nudge --
1 to push something or someone gently, especially to push someone with your elbow (= the middle part of your arm where it bends) to attract the person's attention: --
2 to encourage or persuade someone to do something in a way that is gentle rather than forceful or direct: --
The worker in the motor car industry is now nudging up to, and sometimes going beyond, what the professional man is earning.
There is a suggestion of nudging the meteor out of its dangerous orbit.
He will be thanked by disabled people everywhere for nudging things forward on their behalf.
With a little nudging and argumentation, could not most fields of social policy be brought in as well?
Direct agricultural support as a result of foot and mouth is climbing above £500 million and the support to the rural economy is nudging above £200 million.
The pound is now approaching parity with the dollar; the index is nudging the 1,000 mark.
By nudging and shoving, it may be possible to deal with that sort of problem.
This will take us up to about 1980, by which time the electorate in my constituency will be nudging 200,000.
