Associations to the word «Gudgeon»

Wiktionary

GUDGEON, noun. A small freshwater fish, Gobio gobio, that is native to Eurasia.
GUDGEON, noun. (Australia) Any of various similar small fish of the family Eleotridae, often used as bait.
GUDGEON, noun. An idiot; a person easily duped or cheated.
GUDGEON, noun. A type of bearing: a circular fitting, often made of metal, which is fixed onto some surface and allows for the pivoting of another fixture.
GUDGEON, noun. (nautical) Specifically, in a vessel with a stern-mounted rudder, the fitting into which the pintle of the rudder fits, allowing the rudder to swing freely.
GUDGEON, verb. To deprive fraudulently; to cheat; to dupe.

Dictionary definition

GUDGEON, noun. Small spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters having a large head and elongated tapering body having the ventral fins modified as a sucker.
GUDGEON, noun. Small slender European freshwater fish often used as bait by anglers.

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