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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

fudge
    n 1: soft creamy candy
    v 1: tamper, with the purpose of deception; "Fudge the figures";
         "cook the books"; "falsify the data" [syn: fudge,
         manipulate, fake, falsify, cook, wangle,
         misrepresent]
    2: avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
       (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she
       skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their
       responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully" [syn:
       hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry,
       elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Fudge \Fudge\, n.
   A kind of soft candy composed of sugar or maple sugar, milk,
   and butter, and often chocolate or nuts, boiled and stirred
   to a proper consistency.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Fudge \Fudge\, n. [Cf. Prov. F. fuche, feuche, an interj. of
   contempt.]
   A made-up story; stuff; nonsense; humbug; -- often an
   exclamation of contempt.
   [1913 Webster]

4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Fudge \Fudge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fudged; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Fudging.]
   1. To make up; to devise; to contrive; to fabricate.
      [1913 Webster]

            Fudged up into such a smirkish liveliness. --N.
                                                  Fairfax.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To foist; to interpolate.
      [1913 Webster]

            That last "suppose" is fudged in.     --Foote.
      [1913 Webster]

5. The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003)

fudge


    1. vt. To perform in an incomplete but marginally acceptable way,
    particularly with respect to the writing of a program. ?I didn't feel like
    going through that pain and suffering, so I fudged it ? I'll fix it later.?

    2. n. The resulting code.

6. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018)

fudge

   1. To perform in an incomplete but marginally acceptable way,
   particularly with respect to the writing of a program.  "I
   didn't feel like going through that pain and suffering, so I
   fudged it - I'll fix it later."

   2.  The resulting code.

   [Jargon File]

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