1. [n]  soft creamy candy
2. [v]  avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
3. [v]  fake or falsify; "Fudge the figures"; "cook the books"; "falsify the data"

1. \Fudge\, n. [Cf. Prov. F. fuche, feuche, an interj. of
   contempt.]
   A made-up story; stuff; nonsense; humbug; -- often an
   exclamation of contempt.
   

2. \Fudge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fudged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Fudging}.]
   1. To make up; to devise; to contrive; to fabricate.
            Fudged up into such a smirkish liveliness. --N.
                                                  Fairfax.
   2. To foist; to interpolate.
            That last ``suppose'' is fudged in.   --Foote.
   

3. \Fudge\, n.
   A kind of soft candy composed of sugar or maple sugar, milk,
   and butter, and often chocolate or nuts, boiled and stirred
   to a proper consistency.
   

1. To perform in an incomplete but marginally acceptable way, particularly with respect to the writing of a program. "I didn't feel like going through that pain and suffering, so I fudged it - I'll fix it later."

2. The resulting code.

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