fudged

Variant of fudge

fudge definition

fudge (fuj)

noun

  1. empty, foolish talk; nonsense
  2. ☆

    Etymology: < ?

    a soft candy made of butter, milk, sugar, and chocolate or other flavoring, etc.
  3. Printing a short piece of last-minute news or other matter, inserted directly in the plate of a newspaper page

Etymology: ? echoic, as in Ger futsch, gone, ruined

transitive verb fudged, fudging fudg′·ing

to make or put together dishonestly or carelessly; fake

intransitive verb

  1. ☆ to refuse to commit oneself or give a direct answer; hedge to fudge on an issue
  2. ☆ to be dishonest; cheat

interjection

Old-fashioned nonsense

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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