fudge

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English[edit]

Fudge (candy).

Etymology[edit]

Probably a variant of fadge (to fit), the confectionery sense having evolved from the meaning of “merging together” or “turning out as expected”.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /fʌd͡ʒ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ʌdʒ

Noun[edit]

fudge (countable and uncountable, plural fudges)

  1. (chiefly uncountable) A type of very sweet candy or confection, usually made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream.
    Have you tried the vanilla fudge? It's delicious!
    1. (US) Chocolate fudge.
  2. (uncountable) Light or frothy nonsense.
  3. (countable) A deliberately misleading or vague answer.
  4. (uncountable, dated) A made-up story.
    Synonyms: nonsense, humbug; see also Thesaurus:nonsense
  5. (countable) A less than perfect decision or solution; an attempt to fix an incorrect solution after the fact.
  6. (euphemistic, slang) Fecal matter; feces.
    Here comes the fudge!
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:feces

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Verb[edit]

fudge (third-person singular simple present fudges, present participle fudging, simple past and past participle fudged)

  1. (intransitive) To try to avoid giving a direct answer.
    Synonyms: waffle, equivocate, hedge
    When I asked them if they had been at the party, they fudged.
  2. (transitive) To alter something from its true state, as to hide a flaw or uncertainty, deliberately but not necessarily dishonestly or immorally.
    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.
    Do you fudge your age?
  3. (dated, transitive, intransitive) To botch or bungle something.
  4. To cheat, especially in the game of marbles.
    Synonyms: cheat; see also Thesaurus:deceive

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Interjection[edit]

fudge

  1. (colloquial, minced oath) Used in place of fuck.
    • 1866, George Eliot, Felix Holt:
      Fudge! if you had such a fine instinct, why did you let us go to Transome Court and make fools of ourselves?
  2. (colloquial, archaic) Nonsense; tommyrot.
    • 1871, George Eliot, Middlemarch:
      Oh, fudge! Don't lecture me.


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Etymology[edit]

From English fudge.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈfudɡe/, [ˈfudɡe̞]
  • Rhymes: -udɡe
  • Syllabification(key): fud‧ge

Noun[edit]

fudge

  1. fudge (type of confection)

Declension[edit]

Inflection of fudge (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative fudge fudget
genitive fudgen fudgejen
partitive fudgea fudgeja
illative fudgeen fudgeihin
singular plural
nominative fudge fudget
accusative nom. fudge fudget
gen. fudgen
genitive fudgen fudgejen
fudgeinrare
partitive fudgea fudgeja
inessive fudgessa fudgeissa
elative fudgesta fudgeista
illative fudgeen fudgeihin
adessive fudgella fudgeilla
ablative fudgelta fudgeilta
allative fudgelle fudgeille
essive fudgena fudgeina
translative fudgeksi fudgeiksi
abessive fudgetta fudgeitta
instructive fudgein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of fudge (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative fudgeni fudgeni
accusative nom. fudgeni fudgeni
gen. fudgeni
genitive fudgeni fudgejeni
fudgeinirare
partitive fudgeani fudgejani
inessive fudgessani fudgeissani
elative fudgestani fudgeistani
illative fudgeeni fudgeihini
adessive fudgellani fudgeillani
ablative fudgeltani fudgeiltani
allative fudgelleni fudgeilleni
essive fudgenani fudgeinani
translative fudgekseni fudgeikseni
abessive fudgettani fudgeittani
instructive
comitative fudgeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative fudgesi fudgesi
accusative nom. fudgesi fudgesi
gen. fudgesi
genitive fudgesi fudgejesi
fudgeisirare
partitive fudgeasi fudgejasi
inessive fudgessasi fudgeissasi
elative fudgestasi fudgeistasi
illative fudgeesi fudgeihisi
adessive fudgellasi fudgeillasi
ablative fudgeltasi fudgeiltasi
allative fudgellesi fudgeillesi
essive fudgenasi fudgeinasi
translative fudgeksesi fudgeiksesi
abessive fudgettasi fudgeittasi
instructive
comitative fudgeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative fudgemme fudgemme
accusative nom. fudgemme fudgemme
gen. fudgemme
genitive fudgemme fudgejemme
fudgeimmerare
partitive fudgeamme fudgejamme
inessive fudgessamme fudgeissamme
elative fudgestamme fudgeistamme
illative fudgeemme fudgeihimme
adessive fudgellamme fudgeillamme
ablative fudgeltamme fudgeiltamme
allative fudgellemme fudgeillemme
essive fudgenamme fudgeinamme
translative fudgeksemme fudgeiksemme
abessive fudgettamme fudgeittamme
instructive
comitative fudgeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative fudgenne fudgenne
accusative nom. fudgenne fudgenne
gen. fudgenne
genitive fudgenne fudgejenne
fudgeinnerare
partitive fudgeanne fudgejanne
inessive fudgessanne fudgeissanne
elative fudgestanne fudgeistanne
illative fudgeenne fudgeihinne
adessive fudgellanne fudgeillanne
ablative fudgeltanne fudgeiltanne
allative fudgellenne fudgeillenne
essive fudgenanne fudgeinanne
translative fudgeksenne fudgeiksenne
abessive fudgettanne fudgeittanne
instructive
comitative fudgeinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative fudgensa fudgensa
accusative nom. fudgensa fudgensa
gen. fudgensa
genitive fudgensa fudgejensa
fudgeinsarare
partitive fudgeaan
fudgeansa
fudgejaan
fudgejansa
inessive fudgessaan
fudgessansa
fudgeissaan
fudgeissansa
elative fudgestaan
fudgestansa
fudgeistaan
fudgeistansa
illative fudgeensa fudgeihinsa
adessive fudgellaan
fudgellansa
fudgeillaan
fudgeillansa
ablative fudgeltaan
fudgeltansa
fudgeiltaan
fudgeiltansa
allative fudgelleen
fudgellensa
fudgeilleen
fudgeillensa
essive fudgenaan
fudgenansa
fudgeinaan
fudgeinansa
translative fudgekseen
fudgeksensa
fudgeikseen
fudgeiksensa
abessive fudgettaan
fudgettansa
fudgeittaan
fudgeittansa
instructive
comitative fudgeineen
fudgeinensa

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