fudging

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English

Definitions

verb

To try to avoid giving a direct answer.“When I asked them if they had been at the party, they fudged.”
To alter something from its true state, as to hide a flaw or uncertainty. Always deliberate, but not necessarily dishonest or immoral.“Do you fudge your age?”
To botch or bungle something.
To cheat, especially in the game of marbles.

noun

The act of something being fudged, altered so as to hide a flaw or uncertainty.

Related words

Synonyms

cheat equivocate hedge waffle cook skirt duck parry sidestep manipulate dodge circumvent evade elude wangle put off falsify fake

Associated

Rhymes

grudging trudging nudging judging smudging drudging budging ridging sludging misjudging

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