fudged

Verb

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.
   • When I asked them if they had been at the party, they fudged.

   Synonyms:

   waffle, equivocate, hedge

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.

   Synonyms:

   juggle, massage

3. (ambitransitive, dated) To botch or bungle something.
4. To cheat, especially in the game of marbles.

   Synonyms:

   cheat, abuse, beglammer, counterfeit, deceive, catch, trap into, dissemble, dissimulate, feign

5. (colloquial, minced oath) Used in place of fuck.
   • Check yo' ass, or I'll fudge you up, mach schnell!2000 January 21, Jesse Friedman, “get your wu-name now...”, in alt.music.ween (Usenet), archived from the original on 02 Dec 2025

See all 16 meanings of fudge