fudging

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noun

The act of something being fudged, altered so as to hide a flaw or uncertainty.

“That film was fudging cool!”

UncommonScrabble 13

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of fudge
nounfudging (countable and uncountable, plural fudgings)

plural fudgings

  1. countableuncountableThe act of something being fudged, altered so as to hide a flaw or uncertainty.

    And what of the falsifications, the fudgings and fabrications of observations? Hartner has found evidence that fudging was common enough, in a time when there was as yet no theory of error, no rules for the consistent use of significant figures, […]

    1984, Journal for the History of Astronomy, volume 15, numbers 6-7, page 46
adverbfudging (not comparable)
  1. euphemisticnot comparableAn intensifier similar to fucking.

    That film was fudging cool!

    1 more example

    It's too fudging cold outside.

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fudging,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fudging.

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