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fadge

/fæd͡ʒ/verb, noun

fadge is a verb meaning “To eat together” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-A-D-G-E.

What does fadge mean?

verb

  1. 1

    obsoleteTo be suitable (with or to something).

  2. 2

    obsoleteTo agree, to get along (with).

  3. 3

    obsoleteTo get on well; to cope, to thrive.

  4. 4

    To eat together.

  5. 5

    To move with a gait between a jog and a trot.

noun

  1. 1

    IrelandIrish potato bread; a flat farl, griddle-baked, often served fried.

  2. 2

    A wool pack, traditionally made of jute, now often synthetic.

  3. 3

    A small loaf or bun made with left-over dough.

  4. 4

    A gait of horses between a jog and a trot.

  5. 5

    UKslangvulgarA vagina.

  6. 6

    UKarchaicslangA farthing (old coin).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce fadge?

  • /fæd͡ʒ/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-fadge.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of fadge

  • fadges present, singular, he/she/it, plural
  • fadging participle, present
  • fadged participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does fadge come from?

Unknown. According to Chambers, from Old English fēġan (“to join or fit together”); Liberman suggests a Middle English variant of fagot (“bundle of sticks”). Compare also Old English feċġan (“to seize, take hold, bring to”).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).