fudging
fudging is the present participle and gerund of fudge.
Meaning of fudge
Verb
fudge (third-person singular simple present fudges, present participle fudging, simple past and past participle fudged)
- 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
- 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.
- To botch or bungle something.
- To cheat, especially in the game of marbles.
- Synonyms:
- cheat, abuse, beglammer, counterfeit, deceive, catch, trap into, dissemble, dissimulate, feign
- 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
Noun
fudging (countable and uncountable, plural fudgings)
- The act of something being fudged, altered so as to hide a flaw or uncertainty.
- And what of the falsifications, the fudgings and fabrications of observations? Hartner has found evidence that fudging was common enough, in a time when there was as yet no theory of error, no rules for the consistent use of significant figures, […]1984, Journal for the History of Astronomy, volume 15, numbers 6-7, page 46
Adverb
fudging (not comparable)
- An intensifier similar to fucking.
- That film was fudging cool!
- It's too fudging cold outside.
Forms of fudging
| plural | fudgings |
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Phrases with fudging
Questions about fudging
- What does fudging mean?
- Fudging means the act of something being fudged, altered so as to hide a flaw or uncertainty.
- What is fudging the present participle and gerund of?
- Fudging is the present participle and gerund of fudge.
- What part of speech is fudging?
- Fudging can be a noun or an adverb.
- What is the plural of fudging?
- The plural of fudging is fudgings.
Words near fudging in the dictionary
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