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fudge

/fʌd͡ʒ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.33 in modern English

Syllables
fudge
IPA
/fʌd͡ʒ/
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of very sweet candy or confection, usually made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream.

Uncountable

noun

A type of very sweet candy or confection, usually made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream.

American usage; Countable; Uncountable

noun

Light or frothy nonsense.

Uncountable

noun

A deliberately misleading or vague answer.

Countable

noun

A made-up story.

Dated; Uncountable

noun

The stop press portion of a newspaper.

Archaic; Countable; Slang; Uncountable

noun

A less than perfect decision or solution; an attempt to fix an incorrect solution after the fact.

Countable

noun

Fecal matter; feces.

Countable; Slang; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

fudges (plural) fudges (present, singular) fudging (participle, present) fudged (participle, past) fudged (past)

Derived Forms

fudgebag fudgelike fudgsicle fudgy fudger unfudged fudgeable

Phrases

every good boy deserves fudge fudge box fudge cake fudge dragon fudge factor fudge it fudge-nudger fudge packer

Synonyms

nonsense humbug absurdity all my eye all my eye and Betty Martin apple grease applesauce bafflegab balderdash balls baloney banana oil

Rhymes With

judge grudge budge sludge nudge smudge drudge begrudge trudge misjudge mudge rudge

Questions

How do you pronounce fudge?
The recorded pronunciation is /fʌd͡ʒ/.
What does fudge mean?
A type of very sweet candy or confection, usually made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream.
Where does fudge come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce fudge

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