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Definitions for Fudging

[1] nonsense or foolishness (often used as an interjection).
[2] to talk nonsense.
[3] to cheat or welsh (often followed by on ): to fudge on an exam; to fudge on one's campaign promises.
[4] to avoid coming to grips with something: to fudge on an issue.
[5] to exaggerate a cost, estimate, etc., in order to allow leeway for error.
[6] to avoid coming to grips with (a subject, issue, etc.); evade; dodge: to fudge a direct question.
[7] 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.
[8] the bulletin thus printed, often in color.
[9] a machine or attachment for printing such a bulletin.
[10] a soft variously flavoured sweet made from sugar, butter, cream, etc
[11] foolishness; nonsense
[12] a mild exclamation of annoyance
[13] (intr) to talk foolishly or emptily
[14] a small section of type matter in a box in a newspaper allowing late news to be included without the whole page having to be remade
[15] the box in which such type matter is placed
[16] the late news so inserted
[17] a machine attached to a newspaper press for printing this
[18] an unsatisfactory compromise reached to evade a difficult problem or controversial issue
[19] (tr) to make or adjust in a false or clumsy way
[20] (tr) to misrepresent; falsify
[21] to evade (a problem, issue, etc); dodge; avoid

Words related to Fudging

fudgeoverstate, falsify, evade, exaggerate, dodge, shuffle, magnify, color, avoid, slant, embellish, patch, stall, pad, hedge, equivocate, embroider

Words nearby Fudging

fudgefud, fuddle, fuddle-duddle, fuddling cup, fuddy-duddy, fudge, fudge factor, fuegian, fuehrer, fuel, fuel air bomb

Origin of Fudging

e31665–75; origin uncertain; in earliest sense, “to contrive clumsily,” perhaps expressive variant of fadge to fit, agree, do (akin to Middle English feien to put together, join, Old English fēgan ); unclear if fudge1 and fudge2 are developments of this word or independent coinages

Word origin for Fudging

eC19: see fadge

Synonyms for Fudging

evade, exaggerate, falsify, overstate, avoid, color, dodge, embellish, embroider, equivocate, hedge, magnify, pad, patch, shuffle, slant, stall, cook up