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fudge

2  [fuhj] noun, verb, fudged, fudg⋅ing.
Use Fudged in a Sentence
–noun
1. nonsense or foolishness (often used interjectionally).
–verb (used without object)
2. to talk nonsense.
Origin:
1690–1700; orig. uncert.; cf. fudge 3

fudge

3  [fuhj] verb, fudged, fudg⋅ing, noun
–verb (used without object)
1. to cheat or welsh (often fol. by on): to fudge on an exam; to fudge on one's campaign promises.
2. to avoid coming to grips with something: to fudge on an issue.
3. to exaggerate a cost, estimate, etc., in order to allow leeway for error.
–verb (used with object)
4. to avoid coming to grips with (a subject, issue, etc.); evade; dodge: to fudge a direct question.
–noun
5. a small stereotype or a few lines of specially prepared type, bearing a newspaper bulletin, for replacing a detachable part of a page plate without the need to replate the entire page.
6. the bulletin thus printed, often in color.
7. a machine or attachment for printing such a bulletin.
Origin:
1665–75; orig. uncert.; in earliest sense, “to contrive clumsily,” perh. expressive var. of fadge to fit, agree, do (akin to ME feien to put together, join, OE fēgan); unclear if fudge 1 and fudge 2 are developments of this word or independent coinages
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fudge   (fŭj)   
n.  
  1. A soft rich candy made of sugar, milk, butter, and flavoring.
  2. Nonsense; humbug.
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.
    1. To go beyond the proper limits of something: fudged on the building code requirements.
    2. To act dishonestly; cheat.

[Possibly alteration of fadge, to fit.]
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