NUDGE
NOUNS
► CADGE a shake, a jolt; a nudge or hint → 1790 Sc.
► DUNCH a sharp push or shove; a nudge or poke with the elbow → 1770 Sc, & Eng. dial.
► DUNT a blow, esp. a heavy or forceful one; a sharp push or shove, esp. a nudge or poke with the elbow → 1522 chiefly Sc. & Ireland
VERBS
► DUNCH to deliver a short, sharp blow; to strike, to thump, to push; to give a person a nudge or poke with the elbow → 1250 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► WADGE to prod, to nudge forcibly, live driving a wedge in → 1899 Sc.
► WAG to nudge → 1377 obs.
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