nudge
劝说,鼓动,劝告,暗示
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Definitions
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nudged, nudg·ing.
- : to push slightly or gently, especially with the elbow, to get someone's attention, prod someone into action, etc.
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nudged, nudg·ing.
- : to give a nudge.
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- : a slight or gentle push or jog, especially with the elbow.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Where does the word nudge come from?
As our definitions show above, nudge is a verb meaning “to push slightly or gently, specifically with an elbow when doing so literally, in order to get someone’s attention or to prod someone along.” A nudge is also a noun, meaning “a slight or gentle push or jog, especially with the elbow.”But as far as we’re concerned, the origin of the word nudge could certainly stand to budge, as it’s often considered obscure.However, we suspect nudge, found by 1665–75, comes from a dialectical variation of knidge or nidge, related to the Old English cnucian or cnocian, meaning “to knock.” Every now and again, maybe a stubborn word origin just needs a little … nudge.Nudge isn’t alone: it finds lots of company in other English words that seem simple but whose origins are not. Discover more in our slideshow “‘Dog,’ ‘Boy,’ And Other Words That We Don’t Know Where They Came From.”
Examples
The revamped forms and text messages are examples of what behavioral scientists call nudges, relatively inexpensive behavior changers that stem from psychological research.
Such nudges are preferable to simply letting moderators decide after the fact which content gets deleted and which can stay.
For instance, she speculated that the kind of cautionary nudges Nextdoor gives its users could also help make emails within companies kinder.
At first, laser pulses simply couldn’t be made short enough to deliver a sufficiently rapid sequence of nudges.
They reached out to 800 households and gave half of them a series of nudges designed to encourage environmentally friendly behaviors.
It was another of the nudge, nudge, wink, wink jokes that summed up the entire enterprise.
(Mulgrew could actually nudge out Chlumsky and land that sixth slot).
Crow married and says that midway through the Clinton presidency his wife began to nudge him to the left.
I returned to the back of the swing, and again, gave it a wee nudge.
And for a small—but not insignificant—number of people, pot can be the chemical nudge that causes them harm.
It was beyond human nature for the detective man not to nudge Stanton once in the ribs.
Then the spectators ranged along the wall would burst out laughing, nudge each other and stamp their feet on the floor.