fudging

English

Verb

fudging

1. present participle and gerund of fudge

Noun

fudging (countable and uncountable, plural fudgings)

1. The act of something being fudged, altered so as to hide a flaw or uncertainty.
   • 1984, Journal for the History of Astronomy, volume 15, numbers 6-7, page 46:

     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, […]