fudge

Noun · Verb

Synonyms: manipulate fake falsify cook wangle misrepresent hedge evade put off circumvent parry elude

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

soft creamy candy

Verb (2)

tamper, with the purpose of deception“Fudge the figures”“cook the books”“falsify the data”Synonyms: manipulate fake falsify cook wangle misrepresent
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”Synonyms: hedge evade put off circumvent parry elude skirt dodge duck sidestep

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Fudge \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.]

Fudge \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 \Fudge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fudged; p. pr. & vb. n. Fudging.]

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

Fudged up into such a smirkish liveliness.— N. Fairfax.[1913 Webster]

2.To foist; to interpolate. [1913 Webster]

That last "suppose" is fudged in.— Foote.[1913 Webster]

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

fudge

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. [Jargon File]

The Jargon File

fudge

1.vt. 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.n. The resulting code.