1. Soft creamy candy
   "She made a batch of chocolate fudge for the bake sale"

1. Tamper, with the purpose of deception
   "Fudge the figures";
   - manipulate, fake, falsify, cook [informal], wangle [informal], misrepresent, spoof [informal]
    
2. Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
   "They tend to fudge their responsibilities";
   - hedge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck [informal], sidestep, finesse, circumnavigate

Derived forms: fudged, fudges, fudging

See also: fabricate

Type of: avoid, candy, cheat, chisel [informal], confect, lolly [Austral, NZ], sweet [Brit], sweetie [Brit, informal]

Encyclopedia: Fudge, Robert