Sekirov Dictionary

fudge

/fʌd͡ʒ/

noun 8
verb 5
exclamation 2
forms 3
phrases 4

noun8

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A type of very sweet candy or confection, usually made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream.
- Have you tried the vanilla fudge? It's delicious!
(US) Chocolate fudge.
A less than perfect decision or solution; an attempt to fix an incorrect solution after the fact.
A deliberately misleading or vague answer.
Light or frothy nonsense.
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(slang, euphemistic) Fecal matter; feces.
- Here comes the fudge!
(old-fashioned) A made-up story.
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(slang, no longer used) The stop press portion of a newspaper.
- 'That is all, sir—no, here is something more about it in the "fudge".' Greatorex rearranged the paper to display the 'Stop Press' space and read on. — 1927

verb5

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To alter something from its true state, as to hide a flaw or uncertainty, deliberately but not necessarily dishonestly or immorally.
- The results of the experiment looked impressive, but it turned out the numbers had been fudged.
- I had to fudge the lighting to get the color to look good.
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To try to avoid giving a direct answer.
- When I asked them if they had been at the party, they fudged.
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(informal, euphemistic) Used in place of fuck.
- Check yo' ass, or I'll fudge you up, mach schnell! — 2000
To cheat, especially in the game of marbles.
(old-fashioned) To botch or bungle something.

exclamation2

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(informal, euphemistic) Used in place of fuck.
- Fudge! if you had such a fine instinct, why did you let us go to Transome Court and make fools of ourselves? — 1866
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(informal, no longer used) Nonsense; tommyrot.
- Oh, fudge! Don't lecture me. — 1871

forms

fudged · fudging · fudges

Phrases with fudge

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