1. A soft rich candy made of sugar, milk, butter, and flavoring.
2. Nonsense; humbug.

1. To fake or falsify: fudge casualty figures.
2. To evade (an issue, for example); dodge.

1. To act in an indecisive manner: always fudged on the important questions.
2. 1. To go beyond the proper limits of something: fudged on the building code requirements.
   2. To act dishonestly; cheat.

[Possibly alteration of fadge, to fit.]

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