guddle

== English == === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈɡʌd(ə)l/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡʌd(ə)l/, [ˈɡə-] Rhymes: -ʌdəl Hyphenation: gud‧dle === Verb === guddle (third-person singular simple present guddles, present participle guddling, simple past and past participle guddled) (ambitransitive, 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 ==== guddler guddling (noun) ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === fishing techniques on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “guddle, v.2”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2019. “guddle, v.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. == Scots == === Etymology === Unknown, but see etymology of English section. === Verb === 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 === guddle (plural guddles) mess, muddle