fudge

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Synonyms: nudge, judge, fadge, budge, pudge, funge, mudge, fuage, fuge, fidge, rudge

Antonyms: nudge, judge, fadge, budge, pudge, funge, mudge, fuage, fuge, fidge, rudge

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|chiefly|_|uncountable}} A type of very sweet [[candy]] or [[confection]], usually made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream.
2. {{lb|en|uncountable}} Light or frothy [[nonsense]].
3. {{lb|en|countable}} A deliberately [[misleading]] or [[vague]] answer.
4. {{lb|en|uncountable|dated}} A made-up story.
5. {{lb|en|archaic|journalism|slang}} The [[stop press]] portion of a [[newspaper]].
6. {{lb|en|countable}} A less than perfect [[decision]] or [[solution]]; an attempt to fix an incorrect solution after the fact.
7. {{lb|en|euphemistic|slang}} Fecal matter; [[feces]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To try to avoid giving a [[direct]] answer.
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[alter]] something from its true state, as to hide a [[flaw]] or [[uncertainty]], [[deliberately]] but not necessarily [[dishonestly]] or [[immorally]].
3. {{lb|en|dated|ambitransitive}} To [[botch]] or [[bungle]] something.
4. To [[cheat]], especially in the game of [[marbles]].
5. {{lb|en|colloquial|minced oath}} {{n-g|Used in place of {{m|en|fuck}}.}}

Interjection

1. {{lb|en|colloquial|minced oath}} {{n-g|Used in place of {{m|en|fuck}}.}}
2. {{lb|en|colloquial|archaic}} [[nonsense|Nonsense]]; [[tommyrot]].

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.

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