fudge Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun soft creamy candy
  2. verb tamper, with the purpose of deception
    wangle; fake; cook; misrepresent; falsify; manipulate.
    • Fudge the figures
    • cook the books
    • falsify the data
  3. verb avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
    dodge; sidestep; evade; parry; elude; skirt; duck; hedge; circumvent; put off.
    • He dodged the issue
    • she skirted the problem
    • They tend to evade their responsibilities
    • he evaded the questions skillfully

WordNet

Fudge noun
Etymology
Cf. Prov. F. fuche, feuche, an interj. of contempt.
Definitions
  1. A made-up story; stuff; nonsense; humbug; -- often an exclamation of contempt.
Fudge transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Fudged ; present participle & verbal noun Fudging
Definitions
  1. To make up; to devise; to contrive; to fabricate.
    Fudged up into such a smirkish liveliness. N. Fairfax.
  2. To foist; to interpolate.
    That last "suppose" is fudged in. Foote
    .

Webster 1913