guddle

gud·dle
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UK, Scotland/ˈɡʌd(ə)l/US[ˈɡə-]

verb

To catch (fish) with the hands, especially by groping at the bank of a stream or under stones.

Similar
noodle
OriginScots guddle →
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Meanings

verbguddle (third-person singular simple present guddles, present participle guddling, simple past and past participle guddled)

present singular third person guddles · participle present guddling · participle past guddled · past guddled

  1. ScotlandambitransitivefishingTo catch (fish) with the hands, especially by groping at the bank of a stream or under stones.

    Synonyms: noodle

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo catch (fish) with the hands, especially by groping at the bank of a stream or under stones.

Similar
noodle
Also see
noodle

Origin

  1. Scotsgutter“to spatter with mud”
  2. Scotsguddle
  3. Englishguddle

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”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with guddle

puddlecuddlehuddlemuddleruddlebuddlefuddlecruddleLemnian ruddlescuddlespuddle
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Cite this entry
APA

guddle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guddle

MLA

“guddle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guddle. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “guddle,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/guddle.

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