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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.]

fudge 1
Noun
a soft sweet made from sugar, butter, and milk [origin unknown]

fudge 2
Verb
[fudging, fudged]
1. to make (an issue or problem) less clear deliberately
2. to avoid making a firm statement or decision [origin unknown]
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
Translations

fudge [fʌdʒ] n (CULIN) → caramelo blando
vt [+ issue, problem] → rehuir, esquivar
fudge [fʌdʒ] n (Culin) → sorte de confiserie à base de sucre, de beurre et de lait
vt [+ issue, problem] → esquiver
fudge [fʌdʒ] nFondant m
vt (issue, problem) → ausweichen +dat, aus dem Weg gehen +dat
fudge [fʌdʒ] n (CULIN) → specie di caramella a base di latte, burro e zucchero
vt [+ issue, problem] → evitare

fudge
n fudge [fadʒ]
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