fudge

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   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!

2. 2
   noun

   The stop press portion of a newspaper.

   1927, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados Mysteries '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.

3. 3
   noun

   Fecal matter; feces.

   Here comes the fudge!

4. 4
   verb

   To try to avoid giving a direct answer.

   When I asked them if they had been at the party, they fudged.

Probably a variant of fadge (“to fit”), the confectionery sense having evolved from the meaning of “merging together” or “turning out as expected”.

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