Antonyms for fudge

Grammar : Verb

Spell : fuhj

Phonetic Transcription : fʌdʒ

Definition of fudge

Origin : "put together clumsily or dishonestly," 1610s, perhaps an alteration of fadge "make suit, fit" (1570s), of unknown origin. As an interjection meaning "lies, nonsense" from 1766; the noun meaning "nonsense" is 1791. It could be a natural extension from the verb. But Farmer suggests provincial French fuche, feuche, "an exclamation of contempt from Low German futsch = begone."
The traditional English story traces fudge in this sense to a sailor's retort to anything considered lies or nonsense, from Captain Fudge, "who always brought home his owners a good cargo of lies" [Isaac Disraeli, 1791, citing a pamphlet from 1700]. It seems there really was a late 17c. Captain Fudge, called "Lying Fudge," and perhaps his name reinforced this form of fadge in the sense of "contrive without the necessary materials." The surname is from Fuche, a pet form of the masc. proper name Fulcher, from Germanic and meaning literally "people-army."

verb fake, misrepresent

Example sentences :

Clayton knew it very well, and the trick of examining the books was all a fudge.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

“Oh, fudge on the judges,” Langford exclaimed in affected disgust.
Extract from : « Campfire Girls at Twin Lakes » by Stella M. Francis

There was to be fudge, too, which Nancy had the knack of making.
Extract from : « A Little Miss Nobody » by Amy Bell Marlowe

I don't call this fudge; what I mean by fudge is, outside without inside.
Extract from : « Loss and Gain » by John Henry Newman

So we stopped at the store, and she's loaded me down with stuff for fudge.
Extract from : « The Little Colonel's Christmas Vacation » by Annie Fellows Johnston

Strikes me wot is called the Law is often fuss, and fraud, and fudge!
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, May 6, 1893 » by Various

After the business is over, we are going 112to have a fudge party.
Extract from : « The Torch Bearer » by I. T. Thurston

I have known a Quarterly Review non-plussed by the word "Fudge!"
Extract from : « The Works of Edgar Allan Poe » by Edgar Allan Poe

Then he whispered something to Jimmy, who said, "Aw, fudge!"
Extract from : « The Boy Scouts Book of Stories » by Various

No; Fudge is candy—the most delicious adorable stuff you ever tasted.
Extract from : « The Leader of the Lower School » by Angela Brazil

Synonyms for fudge

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