fudger
US/ˈfʌd͡ʒɚ/
fudger is the agent noun of fudge.
Meaning of fudge
Noun
fudge (countable and uncountable, plural fudges)
- 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!
- Chocolate fudge.
- Light or frothy nonsense.
- A deliberately misleading or vague answer.
- A made-up story.
- Synonyms:
- nonsense, humbug, absurdity, all my eye, all my eye and Betty Martin, apple grease, applesauce, bafflegab, balderdash, balls
- The stop press portion of a newspaper.
- 'That is all, sir—no, here is something more about it in the "fudge".'
Greatorex rearranged the paper to display the 'Stop Press' space and read on.1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries
- 'That is all, sir—no, here is something more about it in the "fudge".'
Forms of fudger
| plural | fudgers |
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Origin of fudger
From fudge + -er.
Words that rhyme with fudger
Questions about fudger
- What is fudger the agent noun of?
- Fudger is the agent noun of fudge.
- How do you pronounce fudger?
- Fudger is pronounced /ˈfʌd͡ʒɚ/ (US).
Words near fudger in the dictionary
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