fudge

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.

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[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]

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fudge

(fʌdʒ)

n

foolishness; nonsense

interj

a mild exclamation of annoyance

vb

(intr) to talk foolishly or emptily

[C18: of uncertain origin]

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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

Imperative

fudge

fudge

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fudge - soft creamy candy       candy, confect - a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts chocolate fudge - fudge made with chocolate or cocoa divinity fudge, divinity - white creamy fudge made with egg whites panocha, panoche, penoche, penuche - fudge made with brown sugar and butter and milk and nuts
Verb	1.	fudge - tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data" fake, falsify, misrepresent, wangle, manipulate, cook 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" evade, hedge, sidestep, skirt, parry, circumvent, dodge, elude, duck, put off 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

verb

To proceed or perform in an unsteady, faltering manner:

blunder, bumble, bungle, flounder, fumble, limp, muddle, shuffle, stagger, stumble.

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Translations

نوع من السُّكَّريّات أو الحَلْوى

fondán

flødekaramelkaramelagtigt slik

fondant

súkkulaîikvoîa

caramella fondenteeluderescansare

saldainis

īrisskrējumkonfekte

bløt sjokoladenougatfudge

fondán

yumuşak şekerleme

一种牛奶软糖

fudge

[fʌdʒ]

A. N (Culin) → dulce m de azúcar

B. VT [+ issue, problem] → esquivar, eludir

C. VI → eludir la cuestión

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

vt [+ issue, problem] → esquiver; [+ distinction, calculation, statement] → truquer

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

fudge

n

(Cook) → Fondant m

(Press, = space for stop press) → Spalte f → für letzte Meldungen; (= stop press news) → letzte Meldungen pl

her answer was a fudge → ihre Antwort war ein Ausweichmanöver

vt

(= fake up) story, excuse → sich (dat) → aus den Fingern saugen, (frei) erfinden

(= dodge) question, issue, problem → ausweichen (+dat), → aus dem Wege gehen (+dat)

to fudge the books → die Bücher frisieren (inf)

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? fudge نوع من السُّكَّريّات أو الحَلْوى фъдж caramelo fondán süßes Zuckerwerk karamelagtigt slik; flødekaramel ζαχαρωτόdulce de azúcar koorekompvek آب نبات نرم kinuski fondant פָאדג' असंगत बात करना vrsta nugata kb. tejkaramella, nugát gula-gula lunak súkkulaðikvoða fondente ファッジ 퍼지(엿 비슷한 과자) (minkštas) saldainis krējumkonfekte; īriss gula-gula borstplaat fudge, bløt sjokoladenougat (rodzaj deseru) يوډول نرم خواږه چه چا كليټ او مندكى پكښى وى، بې منعنا خبرې، چټيات caramelo fondantă помадка fondán fondan (bonboni) vrsta kolača kola, fudge ขนมหวานทำด้วยน้ำตาล เนย นม ช็อคโกเลต และส่วนผสมอื่น ๆ yumuşak şekerleme 一種牛奶軟糖 шербет ٹافی کی طرح کے دودھ میں مکھن kẹo ngọt mềm 一种牛奶软糖

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