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  • 1. gudgeon
  • Rhymes with Gudgeon
  • gudgeon in a sentence
  • Quotes about gudgeon
  • 2. gudgeon
Table of Contents
  • 1. gudgeon
  • Rhymes with Gudgeon
  • gudgeon in a sentence
  • Quotes about gudgeon
  • 2. gudgeon
Synonyms
Etymology

1. gudgeon

noun. ['ˈgʌdʒən'] 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.

Synonyms

  • goby
  • percoidean
  • percoid fish
  • mudskipper
  • Gobiidae
  • mudspringer
  • family Gobiidae

Etymology

  • gojune (Middle English (1100-1500))
  • goujon (Anglo-Norman)

Rhymes with Gudgeon

  • trudgen
  • bludgeon
  • dudgeon

Sentences with gudgeon


1. Noun, singular or mass
Twist the handle to pull the gudgeon pin out from the middle of the piston

Quotes about gudgeon


1. I am not forgotten, you know, no, I still receive a very great deal of fan mail.. . . Gladys Gudgeon writes weekly. . . . I just wish I knew why. . . .”He paused, looking faintly puzzled, then beamed again and returned to his signing with renewed vigor. “I suspect it is simply my good looks. . . .
- J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

2. gudgeon

noun. ['ˈgʌdʒən'] small slender European freshwater fish often used as bait by anglers.

Synonyms

  • cyprinid fish
  • cyprinid
  • Gobio gobio
  • genus Gobio

Etymology

  • gojune (Middle English (1100-1500))
  • goujon (Anglo-Norman)
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