Fudge
WordNet
noun
(1) Soft creamy candy
verb
(2) 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"
(3) Fake or falsify
"Fudge the figures"
"Cook the books"
"Falsify the data"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A type of very sweet candy or confection. Often used in the US synonymously with chocolate fudge.
- Have you tried the vanilla fudge? It's delicious!
- A deliberately misleading or vague answer; a less than perfect decision or solution.
Usage notes
Because more than one variety of fudge is rarely eaten or prepared at the same time, the plural of the candy sense is rarely encountered.
Verb
- To try to avoid giving a direct answer; to waffle or equivocate.
- When I asked them if they had been at the party, they fudged.
- 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.
Interjection
fudge
- Colloquially, used in place of fuck.
- Oh, fudge!