Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A soft rich candy made of sugar, milk, butter, and flavoring.
- noun Nonsense; humbug.
- intransitive verb To fake or falsify.
- intransitive verb To evade (an issue, for example); dodge.
- intransitive verb To act in an indecisive manner.
- intransitive verb To go beyond the proper limits of something.
- intransitive verb To act dishonestly; cheat.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Nonsense; stuff; rubbish: most commonly used as a contemptuous interjection.
- Fabulous.
- In printing, to make use of improper materials or methods to produce a needed result with greater speed.
- To poke with a stick.
- To foist.
- To make or fix awkwardly or clumsily; arrange confusedly; botch; bungle.
- to compute a ship's change of position from one noon to the next by dead-reckoning, determining by means of tables the northing, southing, easting, and westing made by the different courses and distances sailed, and applying the result to the latitude and longitude of the previous noon.
- To work clumsily; labor in a clumsy fashion.
- noun In newspaper parlance, matter of supposed importance, as the latest sporting news or sensational stuff, which comes to hand too late to find a place in the plates before going to press, and is inserted in a special place by cutting the plates. See
fudge-box . - noun In printing, an unworkmanlike practice.
- noun A kind or home-made candy composed of milk, sugar, butter, and chocolate, boiled together, flavored with vanilla, and, when nearly cool, poured into a rectangular pan and cut into squares: more fully designated chocolate-fudge.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A made-up story; stuff; nonsense; humbug; -- often an exclamation of contempt.
- noun A kind of soft candy composed of sugar or maple sugar, milk, and butter, and often chocolate or nuts, boiled and stirred to a proper consistency.
- transitive verb To make up; to devise; to contrive; to fabricate.
- transitive verb To foist; to interpolate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Light or frothy nonsense.
- noun A type of very sweet
candy orconfection . Often used in the US synonymously withchocolate fudge. - noun countable A deliberately
misleading orvague answer. - noun countable A less than perfect
decision orsolution ; an attempt to fix an incorrect solution after the fact. - verb intransitive To try to avoid giving a
direct answer; towaffle orequivocate . - verb To
alter something from its true state, as to hide aflaw oruncertainty . Alwaysdeliberate , but not necessarilydishonest orimmoral . - interjection euphemistic Colloquially, used in place of
fuck .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb tamper, with the purpose of deception
- noun soft creamy candy
- verb avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Aubrey Anderson-Emmons, who says the word "fudge" during taping.
NYDN Rss 2012
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Maple and walnuts are a wonderful combination and this creamy and smooth fudge is one of the best among the many wonderful variations in which this candy is made.
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P. Coltrane nottscop @ 31 … fudge is my friend and i ` m saying no more. on October 19, 2008 at 7: 28 am | Reply ranter
Cheated. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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We have been invited this weekend to attend a baby christening party and the fudge is going to the party.
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Maple and walnuts are a wonderful combination and this creamy and smooth fudge is one of the best among the many wonderful variations in which this candy is made.
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This fudge is melt in the mouth and absolutely sinful.
Walnut Chocolate Fudge Anjali 2007
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Though hot fudge is also splendid on store-bought ice cream as well!
The imperfect (but still scrumptious) scoop | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2007
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Wheresmymind -- Sorry to incite such a craving, but this hot fudge is a snap to make!
The imperfect (but still scrumptious) scoop | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2007
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Dairy free fudge is a rare item, so I hope those of you looking for a small indulgence are aware of this treat.
Fabulous Fudge Factory Dairy-Free Confectionery Steve Carper 2007
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This fudge is melt in the mouth and absolutely sinful.
Archive 2007-10-01 Anjali 2007
reesetee commented on the word fudge
Fudge Day: June 16. See National Nutty Fudge Day.
November 8, 2007
fbharjo commented on the word fudge
fudge is also a verb (or is that cheating?)!
You can poke that with a stick - see Century Dictionary's 1st definition
March 17, 2012