How to pronounce “gudgeon”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• A small freshwater fish, Gobio gobio, that is native to Eurasia.
• (Canada) Cottus bairdii, more widely known as mottled sculpin.
• (Australia) Any of various similar small fish of the family Eleotridae, often used as bait.
• Other fish, similar in appearance, principally in families Butidae and Eleotridae, but also in others.
• (figurative, archaic) A person apt to take the bait; one easily cheated or duped; also, an idiot.
• (figurative, archaic) Something used to lure or tempt; bait, a lure.
• [Verb]
• (transitive, archaic) To deprive (someone) fraudulently; to cheat, to dupe.
• (intransitive, archaic) To take the bait; to be defrauded or duped.

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

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