fudges in English

noun

1

a soft candy made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream.

There is nothing remotely healthy about the crumbly fudge from the Burnt Sugar Sweet Company but it is simply the best around and my secret vice.

2

an instance of faking or ambiguity.

the new settlement is a fudge rushed out to win cheers at the conference

3

a piece of late news inserted in a newspaper page.

verb

1

present or deal with (something) in a vague, noncommittal, or inadequate way, especially so as to conceal the truth or mislead.

a temptation to fudge the issue and nudge grades up

synonyms: evade, avoid, dodge, skirt, duck, gloss over, hedge on, prevaricate about, vacillate on, be noncommittal on, stall on, beat around the bush about, equivocate on, hem and haw on, cop out on, sit on the fence about, tergiversate about

verb

evade, avoid, dodge, skirt, duck, gloss over, hedge on, prevaricate about, vacillate on, be noncommittal on, stall on, beat around the bush about, equivocate on, hem and haw on, cop out on, sit on the fence about, tergiversate about
adjust, manipulate, massage, put a spin on, juggle, misrepresent, misreport, bend, tamper with, tinker with, interfere with, doctor, falsify, distort, cook, fiddle with
fake, wangle, manipulate, cook, falsify, misrepresent
skirt, hedge, duck, evade, elude, sidestep, dodge, put off, parry, circumvent

Use "fudges" in a sentence

1. A fudget or "fudget Budget" fudges the numbers to present a more attractive picture of a Budget …

2. The Big Show and Lola get competitive in the kitchen, Cassy fudges the truth at an open house, and Mandy learns that not all politicians play dirty