fudge

• POS: Interjection, Noun, Verb (intransitive), Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

fudge, n. [Cf. Prov. F. fuche, feuche, an interj. of contempt.].

 A made-up story; stuff; nonsense; humbug; -- often an exclamation of contempt.  [1913 Webster]

fudge, v. t. 

•  To make up; to devise; to contrive; to fabricate.  [1913 Webster]

  "Fudged up into such a smirkish liveliness."  [1913 Webster]
•  To foist; to interpolate.  [1913 Webster]

  "That last “suppose” is fudged in."  [1913 Webster]

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.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

fudge, n., v., & int.
--n.
1 a soft toffee-like sweet made with milk, sugar, butter, etc.
2 nonsense.
3 a piece of dishonesty or faking.
4 a piece of late news inserted in a newspaper page.
--v.
1 tr. put together in a makeshift or dishonest way; fake.
2 tr. deal with incompetently.
3 intr. practise such methods.
--int. expressing disbelief or annoyance.

Etymology

perh. f. obs. fadge (v.) fit

THESAURUS

fudge

Life Saver, Scotch kisses, absurdity, amphigory, applesauce, babble, babblement, balderdash, baloney, beat, beguile of, belie, bibble-babble, bilge, bilk, blabber, blather, blink, bombast, bonbon, bosh, brittle, bubble gum, bull, bunco, bunkum, burn, butterscotch, camouflage, candied apple, candy corn, caramel, carefully ignore, cheat, chewing gum, chisel, chocolate, chocolate bar, chocolate drop, chouse, chouse out of, claptrap, cog, cog the dice, cold-shoulder, color, con, concoct, cook up, cotton candy, cough drop, counterfeit, cozen, cream, crib, cut a corner, cut corners, defraud, diddle, disguise, distort, divinity, do in, do out of, dodge, double-talk, drag in, dress up, drivel, drool, edge in, embellish, embroider, euchre, exaggerate, fabricate, fake, falsify, fantasize, fiddle-faddle, fiddledeedee, finagle, flam, fleece, flimflam, flummery, fob, foist in, folderol, fondant, forge, fudge in, fustian, gabble, galimatias, gammon, garble, gibber, gibberish, gibble-gabble, gild, glace, gloss, gloss over, gobbledygook, gouge, gull, gum, gumdrop, gyp, hard candy, hatch, have, hocus, hocus-pocus, hogwash, hoke up, honey crisp, hooey, horehound, humbug, implant in, inject in, insert in, insinuate in, intercalate, interjaculate, interject, interpolate, interpose, intervene, introduce in, intrude, invent, jabber, jargon, jelly bean, jelly egg, jujube, kiss, lollipop, lozenge, lug in, magnify, make up, manufacture, marchpane, marshmallow, marzipan, mask, mint, miscite, miscolor, misquote, misreport, misrepresent, misstate, mulct, mumbo jumbo, narrishkeit, niaiserie, nonsense, nougat, overcharge, overdraw, overpaint, overstate, pack of nonsense, pack the deal, pad, palaver, pass over, pass over lightly, peanut bar, peanut brittle, peppermint, pervert, pigeon, popcorn balls, poppycock, practice fraud upon, praline, prate, prattle, put between, rant, rigamarole, rigmarole, rock candy, rodomontade, rook, rubbish, run in, saltwater taffy, sandwich, scam, scamp, screw, sell gold bricks, shave, shortchange, skim, skim over, skim the surface, skimble-skamble, skimp, skip over, slant, slight, slubber over, slur, slur over, smuggle in, squeeze in, stack the cards, stick, sting, strain, stuff and nonsense, stultiloquence, sugar candy, sugarplum, swindle, taffy, take a dive, thimblerig, throw a fight, throw in, thrust in, titivate, toffee, torrone, touch upon, touch upon lightly, trash, trick out, trump up, trumpery, tutti-frutti, twaddle, twattle, twiddle-twaddle, twist, understate, vaporing, varnish, victimize, waffling, warp, wedge in, whitewash, work in, worm in

ROGET THESAURUS

fudge

Unimportance

N unimportance, insignificance, nothingness, immateriality, triviality, levity, frivolity, paltriness, poverty, smallness, vanity, matter of indifference, no object, nothing, nothing to signify, nothing worth speaking of, nothing particular, nothing to boast of, nothing to speak of, small matter, no great matter, trifling matter, mere joke, mere nothing, hardly anything, scarcely anything, nonentity, small beer, cipher, no great shakes, peu de chose, child's play, kinderspiel, toy, plaything, popgun, paper pellet, gimcrack, gewgaw, bauble, trinket, bagatelle, Rickshaw, knickknack, whim-wham, trifle, trifles light as air, yankee notions, trumpery, trash, rubbish, stuff, fatras, frippery, leather or prunello, chaff, drug, froth bubble smoke, cobweb, weed, refuse, scum, joke, jest, snap of the fingers, fudge, fiddlestick, fiddlestick end, pack of nonsense, mere farce, straw, pin, fig, button, rush, bulrush, feather, halfpenny, farthing, brass farthing, doit, peppercorn, jot, rap, pinch of snuff, old son, cent, mill, picayune, pistareen, red cent, minutiae, details, minor details, small fry, dust in the balance, feather in the scale, drop in the ocean, flea-bite, molehill, nine days' wonder, ridiculus mus, flash in the pan, much ado about nothing, unimportant, of little account, of small account, of no account, of little importance, of no importance, immaterial, unessential, nonessential, indifferent, subordinate, mediocre, passable, fair, respectable, tolerable, commonplace, uneventful, mere, common, ordinary, inconsiderable, so-so, insignificant, inappreciable, trifling, trivial, slight, slender, light, flimsy, frothy, idle, puerile, airy, shallow, weak, powerless, frivolous, petty, niggling, piddling, peddling, fribble, inane, ridiculous, farcical, finical, finikin, fiddle-faddle, fingle-fangle, namby-pamby, wishy-washy, milk and water, poor, paltry, pitiful, contemptible, sorry, mean, meager, shabby, miserable, wretched, vile, scrubby, scrannel, weedy, niggardly, scurvy, putid, beggarly, worthless, twopennyhalfpenny, cheap, trashy, catchpenny, gimcrack, trumpery, one- horse, not worth the pains, not worth while, not worth mentioning, not worth speaking of, not worth a thought, not worth a curse, not worth a straw, beneath notice, unworthy of notice, beneath regard, unworthy of regard, beneath consideration, unworthy of consideration, de lana caprina, vain, slightly, rather, somewhat, pretty well, tolerably, for aught one cares, Int, no matter!, pish!, tush!, tut!, pshaw!, pugh!, pooh, pooh-pooh!, fudge!, bosh!, humbug!, fiddlestick, fiddlestick end!, fiddlededee!, never mind!, n'importe!, what signifies it, what boots it, what of it, what of that, what matter, what's the odds, a fig for', stuff!, nonsense!, stuff and nonsense, magno conatu magnas nugas, le jeu ne vaut pas la chandelle, it matters not, it does not signify, it is of no consequence, it is of no importance, elephantus non capit murem, tempete dans un verre d'eau.

Unmeaningness

N meaninglessness, unmeaningness, scrabble, empty sound, dead letter, vox et praeterea nihil, a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing, sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal, nonsense, utter nonsense, gibberish, jargon, jabber, mere words, hocus-pocus, fustian, rant, bombast, balderdash, palaver, flummery, verbiage, babble, baverdage, baragouin, platitude, niaiserie, inanity, flap-doodle, rigmarole, rodomontade, truism, nugae canorae, twaddle, twattle, fudge, trash, garbage, humbug, poppy-cock, stuff, stuff and nonsense, bosh, rubbish, moonshine, wish-wash, fiddle- faddle, absurdity, vagueness, boilerplate, clich_¬, unmeaning, meaningless, senseless, nonsensical, void of sense, inexpressive, unexpressive, vacant, not significant, insignificant, trashy, washy, trumpery, trivial, fiddle-faddle, twaddling, quibbling, unmeant, not expressed, tacit, inexpressible, undefinable, incommunicable.