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fudge
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fudge  (fj)
n.
1. A soft rich candy made of sugar, milk, butter, and flavoring.
2. Nonsense; humbug.
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.]

fudge1
n
(Cookery) a soft variously flavoured sweet made from sugar, butter, cream, etc.
[of unknown origin]

fudge2
n
foolishness; nonsense
interj
a mild exclamation of annoyance
vb
(intr) to talk foolishly or emptily
[of uncertain origin]

fudge3
n
1. (Communication Arts / 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. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) the box in which such type matter is placed
3. (Communication Arts / Journalism & Publishing) the late news so inserted
4. (Communication Arts / 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
1. (tr) to make or adjust in a false or clumsy way
2. (tr) to misrepresent; falsify
3. to evade (a problem, issue, etc.); dodge; avoid
[see fadge]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.fudgefudge - 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
Verb1.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"

fudge
verb misrepresent, avoid, dodge, evade, hedge, stall, fake, flannel (Brit. informal), patch up, falsify, equivocate certain issues that can no longer be fudged
Translations
fudge [fʌdʒ]
A. N (Culin) → dulce m de azúcar
B. VT [+ issue, problem] → esquivar, eludir
C. VIeludir la cuestión

fudge [ˈfʌdʒ]
n
sorte de confiserie à base de sucre, de beurre et de lait
vt [+ issue, problem] → esquiver; [+ distinction, calculation, statement] → truquer

fudge
n
(Cook) → Fondant m
(Press, = space for stop press) → Spalte ffür letzte Meldungen; (= stop press news)letzte Meldungen pl
her answer was a fudgeihre Antwort war ein Ausweichmanöver
vt
(= fake up) story, excusesich (dat)aus den Fingern saugen, (frei) erfinden
(= dodge) question, issue, problemausweichen (+dat), → aus dem Wege gehen (+dat)
to fudge the booksdie Bücher frisieren (inf)

fudge [fʌdʒ]
1. n (Culin) specie di caramella a base di latte, burro e zucchero
2. vt (figures, results) → falsificare; (question, issue) → eludere

fudge [fʌdʒ]
1. n (Culin) specie di caramella a base di latte, burro e zucchero
2. vt (figures, results) → falsificare; (question, issue) → eludere

fudge
n fudge [fadʒ]
a type of soft, sugary sweet chocolate fudge; Would you like a piece of fudge? fudge نوع من السُّكَّريّات أو الحَلْوى фъдж fondán karamelagtigt slik; flødekaramel süßes Zuckerwerk ζαχαρωτό dulce 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) 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


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