fudge factor
A quantity introduced to compensate for uncertainty.
We don't know exactly how much the load will weigh, so we'll add in a fudge factor to make sure we don't underestimate.
fudge
/fʌd͡ʒ/
noun 5verb 5intj 2name 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
delicious, delicious, homemade, hot, vanilla
VERB + FUDGE
comes, give, know, made, making, tried
FUDGE + NOUN
it's, stocking's, sundaes, way
PREP.
in, out
Definitions
noun
1
A type of very sweet candy or confection, usually made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream.
Have you tried the vanilla fudge? It's delicious!
2
A type of very sweet candy or confection, usually made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream.
3
Light or frothy nonsense.
4
A deliberately misleading or vague answer.
5
A made-up story.
verb
1
To try to avoid giving a direct answer.
When I asked them if they had been at the party, they fudged.
2
To alter something from its true state, as to hide a flaw or uncertainty, deliberately but not necessarily dishonestly or immorally.
The results of the experiment looked impressive, but it turned out the numbers had been fudged.
I had to fudge the lighting to get the color to look good.
3
To botch or bungle something.
4
To cheat, especially in the game of marbles.
5
Used in place of fuck.
Check yo' ass, or I'll fudge you up, mach schnell!
I thought so. And they say I have a bad memory.... Fudge em.
intj
1
Used in place of fuck.
Fudge! if you had such a fine instinct, why did you let us go to Transome Court and make fools of ourselves?
Pearl had to go home. Mike was one of the last of the good guys, so he said he'd run her on home. All Robert could say was, "Ah, fudge."
2
Nonsense; tommyrot.
Oh, fudge! Don't lecture me.
Thesaurus
Idioms & Phrases
pack fudge
To perform anal sex.
Call me a faggot, call me a butt loving, fudge packing queer
fudge the issue
Adopt a solution to a specific problem which does not address the larger, more general problem of which the specific problem is an instance.
Example Bank
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Have you tried the vanilla fudge? It's delicious!
Wiktionary02
Here comes the fudge!
Wiktionary03
When I asked them if they had been at the party, they fudged.
Wiktionary04
The results of the experiment looked impressive, but it turned out the numbers had been fudged.
Wiktionary05
I had to fudge the lighting to get the color to look good.
Wiktionary06
Fudge! if you had such a fine instinct, why did you let us go to Transome Court and make fools of ourselves?
WiktionaryUsage Notes
i Register
In some senses, fudge is marked as dated, archaic, US, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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