# fudge
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fʌd͡ʒ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ʌdʒ

### Noun

fudge (countable and uncountable, plural fudges)
* (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!
** (US) Chocolate fudge.
* (uncountable) Light or frothy nonsense.
* (countable) A deliberately misleading or vague answer.
* (uncountable, dated) A made-up story.
    Synonyms: nonsense, humbug; see also Thesaurus:nonsense
* (countable) A less than perfect decision or solution; an attempt to fix an incorrect solution after the fact.
* (euphemistic, slang) Fecal matter; feces.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:feces
    Here comes the fudge!

#### Derived terms

* every good boy deserves fudge
* fudgebag
* fudge box
* fudge cake
* fudge dragon
* fudge factor
* fudge it
* fudgelike
* fudge-nudger
* fudge packer
* fudge packing
* fudge the issue
* fudge tunnel
* fudgsicle
* fudgy
* holy fudge
* hot fudge
* pack fudge
* what the fudge

#### Translations
### Verb

fudge (third-person singular simple present fudges, present participle fudging, simple past and past participle fudged)
* (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.
* (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?
* (dated, ambitransitive) To botch or bungle something.
* To cheat, especially in the game of marbles.
    Synonyms: cheat; see also Thesaurus:deceive

#### Derived terms

* fudge together
* fudger
* fudge wheel
* unfudged
* fudgeable

#### Translations
### Interjection

fudge
* (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?
** 1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer:Pearl had to go home. Mike was one of the last of the good guys, so he said he'd run her on home. All Robert could say was, "Ah, fudge."
* (colloquial, archaic) Nonsense; tommyrot.
** 1871, George Eliot, Middlemarch:Oh, fudge! Don't lecture me.

#### Translations
### Further reading

* fudge on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Fudge”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English fudge.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfudɡe/, [ˈfudɡe̞]
* IPA: /ˈfɑdʒ/, [ˈfɑ̝dʒ]
* Rhymes: -udɡe
* Hyphenation: fud‧ge

### Noun

fudge
* fudge (type of confection)

#### Declension

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 fudgeini $^{rare}$
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 fudgeisi $^{rare}$
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 fudgeimme $^{rare}$
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 fudgeinne $^{rare}$
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 fudgeinsa $^{rare}$
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 :

#### See also

* kinuski
* toffee

### Further reading

* “fudge”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02