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fudgel

fudgel verb: to pretend to work when in reality one is not doing anything.

Verb

fudgel (third-person singular simple present fudgels, present participle (US) fudgeling or (UK) fudgelling, simple past and past participle (US) fudgeled or (UK) fudgelled)

  1. (intransitive, obsolete) To pretend to work when in reality one is not doing anything.

Forms of fudgel

third-person singular presentfudgels
present participle USfudgeling
present participle UKfudgelling
past participle USfudgeled
past USfudgeled
past participle UKfudgelled
past UKfudgelled

Questions about fudgel

What does fudgel mean?
Fudgel means to pretend to work when in reality one is not doing anything.
What part of speech is fudgel?
Fudgel is a verb.
What is the past tense of fudgel?
The past tense of fudgel is fudgeled.

Words near fudgel in the dictionary

  1. fudgebag
  2. fudgebags
  3. fudged
  4. fudged the issue
  5. fudged together
  6. fudgel
  7. fudgelike
  8. fudgelled
  9. fudgelling
  10. fudgels
  11. fudgepacker

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