What is "nudge"

Usage examples of "nudge".

Glancing at the accelerometer I noticed that the needle was nudging past five and was almost at the figure six.

Unslinging his bow with surprising speed, Alec brought down two of the great birds and nudged Patch into a canter to retrieve them.

Reesta commented while winking and giving Arak a nudge with his elbow.

Scant seconds, it seemed, after the COD had been nudged and prodded out of the way, an EA-6B Prowler electronic-warfare aircraft slammed into the deck in a barely controlled crash, yanked to a halt by the arrestor cable.

The beasts, in the uncertainty of so many new riders, lost patience and moved away from nudging knees and elbows, adding to the bawling confusion.

Admiral Beagle, who made conversational points with his feet that other men make with voice or hands, nudged him with a shoe.

The short drop downriver to the loading wharf at Woolwich passed off uneventfully, and Lieutenant Kaye by what miracle no one knew was there before them, and had bespoke a berth and loaders, even a launch to help tow and nudge the Biter in, all sail doused beforehand, no need for kedges, all smart and shipshape enough for the greatest stickler in the land.

Perhaps in a while--a month or two--a certain shoot in the topmost branch would take the hint and the uneven flow of moisture up through the cambium layer would nudge it away from that upward reach and persuade it to continue the horizontal passage.

Clud nodded, waited a respectful moment or so, then Clud nudged him and Dougal cleared his throat.

Nudging, cooing, occasionally swatting, he forced the huge red mount to limp a tight circle.

After aligning girl behind woman, he nudged them through the gate to his warehouse office, where they were met by the snores of Van Deef, penetrating the closed inner door.

The towheaded man nudged me forward to stand by Czerny and the rest of the board, inches away from the line demarking the limits of the prison and the beginning of the world, a dirt path leading downward among boulders to the river flashing along its course.

Deep and dreamless was my rest, until in the dark of night I found myself nudged from that blissfully empty sleep into that hovering place that is between sleep and waking.

Fang said, regaining his balance, and Nudge instantly lunged forward, shoving the second Eraser in the chest as hard as she could.

Nudge managed to get another Eraser in the face, and then the paint ran out.