FUDGING

Verb

fudging

present participle of fudge

Noun

fudging (countable and uncountable, plural fudgings)

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

Source: Wiktionary

FUDGE

Fudge, n. Etym: [Cf. Prov. F. fuche, feuche, an interj. of contempt.]

Definition: A made-up story; stuff; nonsense; humbug; -- often an exclamation of contempt.

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

1. To make up; to devise; to contrive; to fabricate. Fudged up into such a smirkish liveliness. N. Fairfax.

2. To foist; to interpolate. That last "suppose" is fudged in. Foote .

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition