fadge

F4A1D2G2E1
/fæd͡ʒ/

verb

To be suitable (with or to something).

OriginOld English fēġan →
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Meanings

fadge1

verbfadge (third-person singular simple present fadges, present participle fadging, simple past and past participle fadged)

present singular third person fadges · participle present fadging · participle past fadged · past fadged

  1. intransitiveobsoleteTo be suitable (with or to something).

    Well, Sir, how fadges the new deſign; have you not the luck of all your Brother Projectors, to deceive only your ſelf at laſt?

    1675, [William] Wycherley, The Country-wife, a Comedy, […], London: Printed for Thomas Dring, […], →OCLC; republished London: Printed for T[homas] Dring, and sold by R. Bentley, and S. Magnes […], 1688, →OCLC, Act IV, scene iii, page 45
  2. intransitiveobsoleteTo agree, to get along (with).

    They shall be made, spight of antipathy, to fadge together.

    1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC
  3. intransitiveobsoleteTo get on well; to cope, to thrive.

    I can never fadge well: for I am at such a stay, that except for health and life, there is nothing I will take the paines to fret my selfe about, or will purchase at so high a rate as to trouble my wits for it, or be constrained thereunto.

    1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 17, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
  4. GeordieTo eat together.
  5. YorkshireTo move with a gait between a jog and a trot.

fadge2

nounfadge (plural fadges)

plural fadges

  1. IrelandIrish potato bread; a flat farl, griddle-baked, often served fried.
  2. New ZealandA wool pack, traditionally made of jute, now often synthetic.
  3. GeordieA small loaf or bun made with left-over dough.
  4. YorkshireA gait of horses between a jog and a trot.

fadge3

nounfadge (plural fadges)

plural fadges

  1. UKarchaicslangA farthing (old coin).

    "Here's a fadge (farthing) or a button," I said, taking my pocket knife and cutting a few of the stitches holding the cloth and lining together, […]

    1868, Thomas Wright, Johnny Robinson, page 173

fadge4

nounfadge (plural fadges)

plural fadges

  1. UKslangvulgarA vagina.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
commonpotato breadpotato cakestottietattie scone

Origin

fadge · verb

  1. Old Englishfeċġan“to seize, take hold, bring to”
  2. Old Englishfēġan“to join or fit together”
  3. Englishfadge

Unknown. According to Chambers, from Old English fēġan (“to join or fit together”); Liberman suggests a Middle English variant of fagot (“bundle of sticks”). Compare also Old English feċġan (“to seize, take hold, bring to”).

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fadge · noun

Uncertain, but potentially from or related to Old English faċġ (“flat-fish, plaice, flounder”).

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fadge · noun

Abbreviation.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with fadge

badgehajjmadgeplagcadgedradgefladgetadge
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fadge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fadge

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“fadge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fadge. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

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