nudge
A gentle pushA gentle push.
» Tom gently nudged Mary.
Tom knuffte Maria leicht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Том мягко подтолкнул Мэри локтем. — sharptoothed
Том ніжно підштовхнув Мері. — deniko
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4 sensesA gentle push.
give someone a nudge
Stups (leise oder heimlich), Schubs, Stoß
лёгкий толчо́кljóxkij
a slight push or shake
(Internet)A feature of instant messaging software used to get the attention of another user, as by shaking the conversation window or playing a sound.
The rotation by one step of a fruit machine reel of the player's choice.
Since the machine was showing two lemons and a cherry, I decided to try a nudge.
The use of positive reinforcement and indirect suggestions as ways to influence.
Examples
55 sentencesTom gently nudged Mary.
Том ніжно підштовхнув Мері. — deniko
ruТом мягко подтолкнул Мэри локтем. — sharptoothed
deTom knuffte Maria leicht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom nudged Mary.
Том злегка підштовхнув Мері. — deniko
ruТом подтолкнул Мэри локтем. — sharptoothed
Tom nudged Mary with his elbow.
deTom stieß Mary mit seinem Ellbogen an. — merikilpikonna
Tom nudged the door open a crack.
We'll need to nudge Tom a bit.
Translations
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Origin
Circa 17th century, perhaps of North Germanic origin, related to Norwegian nugge, nyggje (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).
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