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Fudge

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Noun

1. fudge

soft creamy candy

Verb

2. cook, fake, falsify, fudge, manipulate, misrepresent, wangle

tamper, with the purpose of deception

Example Sentences:
'Fudge the figures'
'cook the books'
'falsify the data'

3. circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt

avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

Example Sentences:
'He dodged the issue'
'she skirted the problem'
'They tend to evade their responsibilities'
'he evaded the questions skillfully'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Fudge

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noun
a soft variously flavoured sweet made from sugar, butter, cream, etc
noun
1. 
foolishness; nonsense
exclamation
2. 
a mild exclamation of annoyance
verb
3. (intransitive)
to talk foolishly or emptily
noun
1. 
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. 
the box in which such type matter is placed
3. 
the late news so inserted
4. 
a machine attached to a newspaper press for printing this
5. 
an unsatisfactory compromise reached to evade a difficult problem or controversial issue
verb
6. (transitive)
to make or adjust in a false or clumsy way
7. (transitive)
to misrepresent; falsify
8. 
to evade (a problem, issue, etc); dodge; avoid

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Fudge

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noun
1. 
empty, foolish talk; nonsense
2.  US
a soft candy made of butter, milk, sugar, and chocolate or other flavoring, etc.
3.  Printing
a short piece of last-minute news or other matter, inserted directly in the plate of a newspaper page
verb transitiveWord forms: fudged or ˈfudging
4. 
to make or put together dishonestly or carelessly; fake
verb intransitive
5.  US
to refuse to commit oneself or give a direct answer; hedge
to fudge on an issue
6.  US
to be dishonest; cheat
interjection
7.  OLD-FASHIONED
nonsense

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Fudge

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n.
1.
a. A soft rich candy made of sugar, milk, butter, and chocolate or cocoa.
b. A similar candy made with other flavorings: peanut butter fudge.
2. Nonsense; humbug.
adj.
1. Having a rich chocolate flavor.
2. Having pieces of fudge candy as an ingredient.
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.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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