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fudge
(fŭj)n.
1.
a. A soft rich candy made of sugar, milk, butter, and chocolate or cocoa.
b. A similar candy made with other flavorings: peanut butter fudge.
2. Nonsense; humbug.
adj.
1. Having a rich chocolate flavor.
2. Having pieces of fudge candy as an ingredient.
v. fudged, fudg·ing, fudg·es
v.tr.
1. To fake or falsify: fudge casualty figures.
2. To evade (an issue, for example); dodge.
v.intr.
1. To act in an indecisive manner: always fudged on the important questions.
2.
a. To go beyond the proper limits of something: fudged on the building code requirements.
b. To act dishonestly; cheat.
[Possibly alteration of fadge, to fit.]
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fudge
(fʌdʒ)n
(Cookery) a soft variously flavoured sweet made from sugar, butter, cream, etc
[C19: of unknown origin]
fudge
(fʌdʒ)n
foolishness; nonsense
interj
a mild exclamation of annoyance
vb
(intr) to talk foolishly or emptily
[C18: of uncertain origin]
fudge
(fʌdʒ)n
1. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a small section of type matter in a box in a newspaper allowing late news to be included without the whole page having to be remade
2. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) the box in which such type matter is placed
3. (Journalism & Publishing) the late news so inserted
4. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a machine attached to a newspaper press for printing this
5. an unsatisfactory compromise reached to evade a difficult problem or controversial issue
vb
6. (tr) to make or adjust in a false or clumsy way
7. (tr) to misrepresent; falsify
8. to evade (a problem, issue, etc); dodge; avoid
[C19: see fadge]
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fudge1
(fʌdʒ)n.
a soft candy made with sugar, butter, milk, and chocolate or other flavoring.
[1895–1900, Amer.; of uncertain orig.]
fudge2
(fʌdʒ)n., v. fudged, fudg•ing. n.
1. nonsense or foolishness (often used interjectionally).
v.i. 2. to talk nonsense.
[1690–1700]
fudge3
(fʌdʒ)v. fudged, fudg•ing. v.i.
1. to cheat or welsh (often fol. by on): to fudge on an exam; to fudge on one's campaign promises.
2. to avoid coming to grips with something: to fudge on an issue.
3. to exaggerate a cost, estimate, etc., in order to allow leeway for error.
v.t. 4. to avoid coming to grips with (a subject, issue, etc.); evade; dodge.
5. to tamper with; falsify.
[1665–75]
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fudge
Past participle: fudged
Gerund: fudging
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| Noun | 1. |  fudge - soft creamy candy chocolate fudge - fudge made with chocolate or cocoa divinity fudge, divinity - white creamy fudge made with egg whites |
| Verb | 1. | fudge - tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data" chisel, cheat - engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; "Who's chiseling on the side?" juggle - manipulate by or as if by moving around components; "juggle an account so as to hide a deficit" |
| 2. | fudge - avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully" beg - dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted; "beg the question"; "beg the point in the discussion" quibble - evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections avoid - stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her" |
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fudge
verb misrepresent, avoid, dodge, evade, hedge, stall, fake, flannel (Brit. informal), patch up, falsify, equivocate certain issues that can no longer be fudged
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fudge
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Translations
نوع من السُّكَّريّات أو الحَلْوى
fondán
flødekaramelkaramelagtigt slik
súkkulaîikvoîa
saldainis
īrisskrējumkonfekte
fondán
yumuşak şekerleme
fudge
[fʌdʒ]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
fudge
[ˈfʌdʒ] n
sorte de confiserie à base de sucre, de beurre et de lait
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
fudge
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
fudge
[fʌdʒ]1. n (Culin) specie di caramella a base di latte, burro e zucchero
2. vt (figures, results) → falsificare; (question, issue) → eludere
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
fudge
(fadʒ) noun a type of soft, sugary sweet. chocolate fudge; Would you like a piece of fudge?
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