guddle
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)