guddle
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Scots guddle, imitative of the splashing of water, and modelled after words like muddle and puddle, perhaps influenced by Scots gutter (“to spatter with mud”).[1][2]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation, Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈɡʌd(ə)l/
Audio (RP) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡʌd(ə)l/, [ˈɡə-]
- Rhymes: -ʌdəl
- Hyphenation: gud‧dle
Verb[edit]
guddle (third-person singular simple present guddles, present participle guddling, simple past and past participle guddled)
- (transitive, intransitive, Scotland, fishing) To catch (fish) with the hands, especially by groping at the bank of a stream or under stones.
- Synonym: (usually of large catfish) noodle
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to catch (fish) with the hands, especially by groping at the bank of a stream or under stones
References[edit]
- ^ “guddle, v., n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.
- ^ “gutter, n., v.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.
Further reading[edit]
- fishing techniques on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “guddle, v.2”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2019.
- “guddle, v.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Scots[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unknown, but see etymology of English section.
Verb[edit]
guddle
- To catch fish with the hands, especially by groping under stones or at the banks of a stream.
- To dabble (as a duck).
- To play in the gutters, mud or puddles.
- To do work of a dirty or greasy nature.
Noun[edit]
guddle (plural guddles)
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