Definitions for gudgeon

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gudgeon gudg·eon

Spelling: [guhj-uh n]

IPA: /ˈgʌdʒ ən/

Gudgeon is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 102 anagrams from letters in gudgeon (deggnou).

Definitions for gudgeon

noun

1. a small, European, freshwater fish, Gobio gobio, of the minnow family, having a threadlike barbel at each corner of the mouth, used as bait.
2. any of certain related fishes.
3. a person who is easily duped or cheated.
4. a bait or allurement.
5. Machinery. a trunnion.
6. a socket for the pintle of a hinge.
7. Nautical. a socket attached to the stern frame of a vessel, for holding the pintle of a rudder.

verb (used with object)

1. to dupe or cheat.

Origin of gudgeon

1375-1425; late Middle English gogion Old French go(u)jon Latin gōbiōn- (stem of gōbiō), variant of gobius. See goby

Examples for gudgeon

"I am not ashamed to say that we were poor once," said Mr. gudgeon, with a glow of pride.

They were disappointed in finding you no gudgeon to be hooked by such raw methods.

The teeth find the fat, the shark finds the gudgeon invariably.

Why should you work for me for nothing, when I am not willing to do the same thing for Mrs. gudgeon?

I checked her from stem to gudgeon and you lay over her like a circus tent.

One more specimen of these baits for gudgeon, and we have done.

Why must we wait till we go abroad before we think of asking for gudgeon?

A large upright post is placed on a gudgeon, with shafts extending horizontally 15 or 20 feet.

Barbel, roach, club, and gudgeon are plentiful round the Bell Weir; and trout are often taken.

But the gudgeon and the troutling were terrified at the notion of bigger fishes, and made straight for the weeds.