fudge

fudge
I UK [fʌdʒ] / US noun
Word forms "fudge":
singular fudge plural fudges
1) [uncountable] a soft brown sweet food made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream
2) [uncountable] mainly American a sweet soft chocolate that is spread on cakes or poured over ice cream
3) [countable/uncountable] British a method of dealing with a problem that does not solve it completely but hides its difficulties

II UK [fʌdʒ] / US verb
Word forms "fudge":
present tense I/you/we/they fudge he/she/it fudges present participle fudging past tense fudged past participle fudged
1) [intransitive/transitive] to avoid giving a clear decision or answer

People have accused us of fudging the issue.

2) [transitive] to change the details of something, or to leave out information

Journalists have always tended to fudge the facts.


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