Definition of "nudge" []

• To push against gently, especially in order to gain attention or give a signal. (verb-transitive)
• To come close to; near: "The temperature was nudging 105 degrees in the shade” ( Scouting). (verb-transitive)
• A gentle push. (noun)
• One who persistently pesters, annoys, or complains. (noun)
• To annoy persistently; pester. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Not a bad ad at all, though the "I will always tell you where I stand, and what I think" line sounds pretty hollow after this * wink wink, nudge nudge* NAFTA debacle ..."
• "WV: unmwads - the trouser-area serving *wink wink nudge nudge* of the Lenin-cake."
• "But at the end of the day, people are human and mistakes 'planned' *wink wink, nudge nudge* or accidental happen."