Nudge
Nudge verb - To pass lightly across or touch gently especially in passing.
Slide
Slide verb - To move about in a sly or secret manner.
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
Both words in one sentence
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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.
Source: Slippery Slope Fallacy
Cite this Source
Slide and Nudge. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/nudge/slide
Nudge & Slide. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/nudge/slide>.
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