fudge
(noun, verb, interjection)
noun
1. soft creamy candy
Definition categories: food, candy, confect
Sentences with fudge as a noun:
- Have you tried the vanilla fudge? It's delicious!
verb
1. tamper, with the purpose of deception
- Fudge the figures
Similar word(s): cook, fake, falsify, manipulate, misrepresent, wangle
Definition categories: social, cheat, chisel
2. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
Similar word(s): circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, hedge, parry, sidestep, skirt
Definition categories: communication, avoid
Sentences with fudge as a verb:
- When I asked them if they had been at the party, they fudged.
- The results of the experiment looked impressive, but it turned out the numbers had been fudged.
- I had to fudge the lighting to get the color to look good.