fudge
see also: Fudge
Pronunciation
Fudge
Proper noun
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see also: Fudge
Pronunciation
- IPA: /fʌdʒ/
fudge
- (chiefly uncountable) A type of very sweet candy or confection, usually made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream. Often used in the US synonymously with chocolate fudge.
- Have you tried the vanilla fudge? It's delicious!
- (uncountable) Light or frothy nonsense.
- (countable) A deliberately misleading or vague answer.
- (uncountable, dated) A made-up story.
- Synonyms: nonsense, humbug, Thesaurus:nonsense
- (countable) A less than perfect decision or solution; an attempt to fix an incorrect solution after the fact.
- German: Blödsinn
- German: Ausweichen, Herumreden, Schaumschlägerei
- Russian: вздор
- German: Pfusch, Pfuscherei
- Spanish: componenda
fudge (fudges, present participle fudging; past and past participle fudged)
- (intransitive) To try to avoid giving a direct answer.
- Synonyms: waffle, equivocate, hedge
- When I asked them if they had been at the party, they fudged.
- (transitive) To alter something from its true state, as to hide a flaw or uncertainty. Always deliberate, but not necessarily dishonest or immoral.
- 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.
- Do you fudge your age?
- (dated, ambitransitive) To botch or bungle something.
- To cheat, especially in the game of marbles.
- Synonyms: cheat, Thesaurus:deceive
- French: éviter
- German: ausweichen
- Portuguese: tergiversar
- Russian: уви́ливать
- French: tabarnouche (Canada)
- German: Mist!
- Portuguese: carvalho
- Russian: блин!
- Spanish: rayos
Fudge
Proper noun
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