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fudge — ► NOUN 1) a soft sweet made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream. 2) (before another noun ) chiefly N. Amer. rich chocolate, used as a sauce or a filling for cakes. 3) an attempt to fudge an issue. ► VERB 1) present in a vague way, especially to … English terms dictionary
fudge — fudge1 [fʌdʒ] n 1.) [U] a soft creamy brown sweet food 2.) a fudge BrE an attempt to deal with a situation that does not solve its problems completely, or only makes it seem better fudge 2 fudge2 v [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Perhaps from fadge to… … Dictionary of contemporary English
fudge — 1 noun 1 (U) a soft creamy light brown sweet food 2 a fudge especially BrE an attempt to deal with a situation that does not solve its problems completely, or only makes it seem better 2 verb 1 (I, T) to avoid giving exact details or a clear… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
fudge — I. /fʌdʒ / (say fuj) noun a kind of soft sweet composed of sugar, butter, cream, chocolate, or the like. {origin uncertain} II. /fʌdʒ / (say fuj) noun 1. nonsense or bosh (sometimes used as a contemptuous interjection): *Fudge and fiddlesticks!… …
fudge — I. verb (fudged; fudging) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1674 transitive verb 1. a. to devise as a substitute ; fake b. falsify < fudged the figures > … New Collegiate Dictionary
fudge — noun 1》 a soft crumbly or chewy sweet made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream. 2》 [as modifier] chiefly N. Amer. denoting rich chocolate cakes, biscuits, etc. 3》 an attempt to fudge an issue. ↘archaic nonsense. 4》 a piece of late news… … English new terms dictionary
fudge — verb 1) the mayor tried to fudge the issue Syn: evade, avoid, dodge, skirt, duck, gloss over; hedge on, prevaricate about, vacillate on, be noncommittal on, stall on, beat around the bush about, equivocate on, hem and haw on; informal cop out on … Thesaurus of popular words
fudge the figures (to) — Cheat with numbers. See also creative accounting. ► “Some economists worry about how the public, especially investors, will greet the new GDP data. Making matters potentially worse, the BEA may fudge the dollar equivalents of the chain… … American business jargon
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