Definition of gudgeon Gudgeon
/gʌˈʤʌn/ - [gujun] - gudg•eon
We found 20 definitions of gudgeon from 8 different sources.
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What does gudgeon mean?
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NounPlural: gudgeons |
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| gudgeon - small slender European freshwater fish often used as bait by anglers | ||
| Gobio gobio | ||
| cyprinid, cyprinid fish soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales | ||
| gudgeon - small spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters having a large head and elongated tapering body having the ventral fins modified as a sucker | ||
| goby | ||
| percoid, percoid fish, percoidean any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes | ||
| family gobiidae, gobiidae gobies | ||
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Wiktionary 
- gudgeon (Noun)
A small freshwater fish, Gobio gobio, that is native to Eurasia. - gudgeon (Noun)
Any of various similar small fish of the family Eleotridae, often used as bait. - gudgeon (Noun)
An idiot. - gudgeon (Noun)
A type of bearing: a circular fitting, often made of metal, which is fixed onto some surface and allows for the pivoting of another fixture. - gudgeon (Noun)
Specifically, in a vessel with a stern-mounted rudder, the fitting into which the pintle of the rudder fits to allow the rudder to swing freely. - gudgeon (Verb)
To deprive fraudulently; to cheat; to dupe.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- gudgeon (n.)
A small European freshwater fish (Gobio fluviatilis), allied to the carp. It is easily caught and often used for food and for bait. In America the killifishes or minnows are often called gudgeons. - gudgeon (n.)
What may be got without skill or merit. - gudgeon (n.)
A person easily duped or cheated. - gudgeon (n.)
The pin of iron fastened in the end of a wooden shaft or axle, on which it turns; formerly, any journal, or pivot, or bearing, as the pintle and eye of a hinge, but esp. the end journal of a horizontal. - gudgeon (n.)
A metal eye or socket attached to the sternpost to receive the pintle of the rudder. - gudgeon (v. t.)
To deprive fraudulently; to cheat; to dupe; to impose upon.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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gudgeon
A freshwater fish in the Cyprinidae family, common in northern Eurasia, measuring about 12 cm.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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gudgeon
guj′un, n. a genus of small, carp-like fishes common in the fresh waters of Europe—easily caught: a person easily cheated.—adj. foolish.—v.t. to impose on, cheat. [O. Fr. goujon—L. gobion-em—Gr. kōbios. See Goby.] -
gudgeon
guj′un, n. the bearing of a shaft, esp. when made of a separate piece: a metallic journal-piece let into the end of a wooden shaft: a pin. [O. Fr. goujon, the pin of a pulley.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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gudgeon
The Gobio fluviatilis, a well-known river-fish, 6 or 7 inches in length.
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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gudgeon
One easily imposed on. To gudgeon; to swallow the bait, or fall into a trap: from the fish of that name, which is easily taken.
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🔤- gudgeon, noun, singular of gudgeons.
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