fudge

fudge

verb

Definition of FUDGE

1

to avoid giving a definite answer or position <the candidate wouldn't say whether he was for or against gun control but just fudged on the issue>

Synonyms fudge, hedge, pussyfoot, tergiversate, waffle, weasel

Related Words flip-flop, yo-yo; dodge, duck, elude, eschew, evade, shake, shirk, shun, sidestep, skirt; bypass, circumvent; cavil, quibble; straddle

2

to use dishonest methods to achieve a goal <she's been fudging on her taxes for years>

Synonyms chicane, finagle, fudge

Related Words crib; color, distort, falsify, misinterpret, misrepresent, misstate, pervert, twist, warp; doctor, fake, tamper (with); elaborate, embellish, embroider, exaggerate, magnify, pad, stretch; dodge, evade, hedge

3

to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of <fudged the facts about his educational background so he could get the position>

Synonyms bend, color, cook, distort, falsify, fudge, misinterpret, misrelate, misrepresent, misstate, pervert, slant, twist, warp

Related Words misdescribe, misspeak, mistranslate; belie, camouflage, disguise, dissemble, gloss (over), mask, veil, whitewash; bowdlerize, censor; complicate, confound, confuse, mistake, mix (up); mystify, obscure; equivocate, fib, lie, palter, prevaricate

Near Antonyms clarify, clear (up), explain, illuminate, illustrate, interpret, spell out; decipher