fudge (redirected from fudging)

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.

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[Possibly alteration of fadge, to fit.]

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fudge¹

n

(Cookery) a soft variously flavoured sweet made from sugar, butter, cream, etc.

[of unknown origin]

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fudge²

n

foolishness; nonsense

interj

a mild exclamation of annoyance

vb

(intr) to talk foolishly or emptily

[of uncertain origin]

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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]

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

Translations

fudge [fʌdʒ]

A. N (Culin) → dulce m de azúcar

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

C. VI → eludir la cuestión

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fudge [ˈfʌdʒ]

n

sorte de confiserie à base de sucre, de beurre et de lait

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

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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)

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fudge [fʌdʒ]

1. n (Culin) specie di caramella a base di latte, burro e zucchero

2. vt (figures, results) → falsificare; (question, issue) → eludere

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fudge [fʌdʒ]

1. n (Culin) specie di caramella a base di latte, burro e zucchero

2. vt (figures, results) → falsificare; (question, issue) → eludere

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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 一种牛奶软糖