Nudge and Slide

Nudge

Nudge verb - To pass lightly across or touch gently especially in passing.

Slide and nudge are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Slide" instead a verb "Nudge".

Slide

Slide verb - To move about in a sly or secret manner.

Nudge and slide are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Nudge" instead a verb "Slide".

Nearby Words: slid, sliding, slider

How words are described

little little nudge little slide
final final nudge final slide
extra extra nudge extra slide
last last nudge last slide
Other adjectives: occasional.

Common collocations

sense nudge sense slide sense
direction nudge direction slide direction
couple nudge couple slide couple
wall nudge wall slide wall
Other words: way, bit, player.

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Fancy Pants Adventures Borne gives a Player Nudge in the PC version, where the ceiling of the area is too low to just run past, so the player must slide to continue.
  • Based on the idea that an object placed at the top of a slippery slope will slide all the way to the bottom if given even a small nudge, the Slippery Slope Fallacy means arguing that even a small step taken in one direction will lead to some drastic consequence.
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