"fudgel" meaning in English

See fudgel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: fudgels [present, singular, third-person], fudgelling [participle, present], fudgelled [participle, past], fudgelled [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} fudgel (third-person singular simple present fudgels, present participle fudgelling, simple past and past participle fudgelled)
  1. (obsolete, intransitive) To pretend to work when in reality one is not doing anything. Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-fudgel-en-verb-GGftiIns Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for fudgel meaning in English (1.0kB)

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