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fudging

The correct spelling is fudging.

How to pronounce fudging

verb

Say it like: Fud-jin-g

The correct spelling is fudging. To try to avoid giving a direct answer. For example: "When I asked them if they had been at the party, they fudged."

Usage Examples

When I asked them if they had been at the party, they fudged.

Do you fudge your age?

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To try to avoid giving a direct answer.
  2. 2.To alter something from its true state, as to hide a flaw or uncertainty. Always deliberate, but not necessarily dishonest or immoral.
  3. 3.To botch or bungle something.
  4. 4.To cheat, especially in the game of marbles.

noun

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

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