fudge

Use fudge in a sentence

A plate of chocolate fudge candy.

interjection

Fudge is defined as an expression of frustration, sometimes used in place of a curse word.
When you slam your finger in a drawer, this is an example of a time when you might yell "fudge!"

noun

The definition of fudge is rich chocolate or a soft, creamy candy made with sugar, butter and cream, or fudge also means foolish talk.
1. A rich chocolate sauce that you put on top of ice cream is an example of fudge.
2. A soft, creamy candy is an example of fudge.
3. A lie that you make up is an example of a fudge.

verb

To fudge means to manipulate or conceal the truth.
When you create fake financial information to hide your losses, this is an example of a situation where you fudge the numbers.

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fudge

empty, foolish talk; nonsense
Origin of fudge
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1. a soft candy made of butter, milk, sugar, and chocolate or other flavoring, etc.
2. a rich, sweet chocolate sauce used as a topping for ice cream or as an ingredient in cakes and cookies: usually used attributively: a fudge sundae
Printing a short piece of last-minute news or other matter inserted in a newspaper page
the act or an instance of fudging

Origin of fudge

uncertain or unknown; perhaps echoic, as in German futsch, gone, ruined

transitive verb

fudged, fudg′ing

to make or put together dishonestly or carelessly; fake

to refuse to commit oneself or give a direct answer; hedge: to fudge on an issue
to be dishonest; cheat

Old-fashioned nonsense

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fudge

noun

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.
Nonsense; humbug.

adjective

Having a rich chocolate flavor.
Having pieces of fudge candy as an ingredient.

verb

fudged, fudg·ing, fudg·es

verb

transitive

To fake or falsify: fudge casualty figures.
To evade (an issue, for example); dodge.

verb

intransitive

To act in an indecisive manner: always fudged on the important questions.
a. To go beyond the proper limits of something: fudged on the building code requirements.
b. To act dishonestly; cheat.

Origin of fudge

Possibly alteration of fadge to fit

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Noun

(countable and uncountable, plural fudges)

(chiefly uncountable) Light or frothy nonsense.
(chiefly uncountable) A type of very sweet candy or confection. Often used in the US synonymously with chocolate fudge.
Have you tried the vanilla fudge? It's delicious!
(countable) A deliberately misleading or vague answer.
(uncountable, dated) A made-up story; nonsense; humbug.
(countable) A less than perfect decision or solution; an attempt to fix an incorrect solution after the fact.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present fudges, present participle fudging, simple past and past participle fudged)

(intransitive) To try to avoid giving a direct answer; to waffle or equivocate.
When I asked them if they had been at the party, they fudged.
To alter something from its true state, as to hide a flaw or uncertainty. Always deliberate, but not necessarily dishonest or immoral.
The results of the experiment looked impressive, but it turned out the numbers had been fudged.
I had to fudge the lighting to get the color to look good.