fudge: Meaning and Definition of

fudge

1. a soft candy made of sugar, butter, milk, chocolate, and sometimes nuts.

fudge

1. nonsense or foolishness (often used interjectionally).

1. to talk nonsense.

fudge

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.

1. to avoid coming to grips with (a subject, issue, etc.); evade; dodge: to fudge a direct question.

1. 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.
2. the bulletin thus printed, often in color.
3. a machine or attachment for printing such a bulletin.