Usually means: Subtle encouragement to influence behavior.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. nudge: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. nudge: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. nudge, nudge: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. nudge: Collins English Dictionary
  5. nudge: Vocabulary.com
  6. Nudge, nudge: Wordnik
  7. nudge: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. nudge: Wiktionary
  9. nudge: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. nudge: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. nudge: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Nudge, Nudge, nudge: Dictionary.com
  13. nudge (n.), nudge (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. nudge: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Nudge (band), Nudge (book), Nudge (instant messaging), Nudge: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Nudge/, Nudge: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. nudge: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. nudge: Rhymezone
  19. Nudge/, Nudge: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. nudge: Free Dictionary
  21. nudge: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. nudge: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  23. nudge: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nudge: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nudge: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nudge: Idioms

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. nudge, nudge, nudge, nudge: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Nudge: Urban Dictionary

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(Note: See nudged as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A gentle push.
noun:  (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.
noun:  The rotation by one step of a fruit machine reel of the player's choice.
noun:  (behavioral economics) The use of positive reinforcement and indirect suggestions as ways to influence.
verb:  (transitive) To push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal.
verb:  (transitive) To near or come close to something.
verb:  (transitive) To move slightly.
noun:  Alternative form of nudzh [(slang) A whiner; a complainer.]

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