Fudgename

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  A surname.

fudgenoun/fʌd͡ʒ/

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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!
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  A type of very sweet candy or confection, usually made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream.

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  Light or frothy nonsense.

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  A deliberately misleading or vague answer.

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  datedA made-up story.

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  archaicslangjournalismmediaThe 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.
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  A less than perfect decision or solution; an attempt to fix an incorrect solution after the fact.

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  slangFecal matter; feces.

  • Here comes the fudge!

fudgeverb/fʌd͡ʒ/

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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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  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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  datedTo botch or bungle something.

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  To cheat, especially in the game of marbles.

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  Used in place of fuck.

  • Check yo' ass, or I'll fudge you up, mach schnell!
  • I thought so. And they say I have a bad memory.... Fudge em.

fudgeintj/fʌd͡ʒ/

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  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?
  • Pearl had to go home. Mike was one of the last of the good guys, so he said he'd run her on home. All Robert could say was, "Ah, fudge."
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  archaicNonsense; tommyrot.

  • Oh, fudge! Don't lecture me.