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fudge verb. E17.
[Perh. alt. of earlier FADGE verb.]
verb intrans. Fit in with what is anticipated; turn out, result. Also, merge together. E17.
Sir W. Scott We will see how the matter fudges. P. D. James She saw the drab blacks and grays of the marching army fudge, dissolve.
verb trans. Put together, make up, or patch in a clumsy, makeshift, or underhand way; deal with incompetently. Freq. foll. by up. L17.
J. I. M. Stewart A stupid question, fudged up by a tired examiner. H. Wilson Without fudging an issue on which a clear decision has to be reached. L. Kennedy He had been caught fudging the books.
b. Thrust or force in awkwardly or irrelevantly; put or get in underhandedly. L18.
T. Heald The public schools can fudge their pupils into Oxford and Cambridge.
verb intrans. Talk nonsense. rare. M19.
verb intrans. Gloss over discrepancies or difficulties; prevaricate, temporize. L20.
fudgy adjective (a) irritable, uneasy; (b) US botched, bungling: E19.