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Audio Help / ˈgʌdʒ ən / Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation [ guhj -uh n] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –noun 1. a small, European, freshwater fish, Gobio gobio, of the minnow family, having a threadlike barbel at each corner of the mouth, used as bait.
2. any of certain related fishes.
3. a person who is easily duped or cheated.
–verb (used with object)
[Origin:
1375–1425; late ME
gogion < OF
go (
u )
jon < L
gōbiōn- (s. of
gōbiō ), var. of
gobius. See goby ]
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gudg·eon 1
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n.
A small Eurasian freshwater fish (Gobio gobio) related to the carp and used for bait.
Any of various similar or related fishes.
Slang One who is easily duped.
[Middle English gojoun , from Old French goujon , from Latin gōbiō , gōbiōn- , variant of gōbius ; see goby .]
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gudg·eon 2
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n.
A metal pivot or journal at the end of a shaft or an axle, around which a wheel or other device turns.
The socket of a hinge into which a pin fits.
A metal pin that joins two pieces of stone.
Nautical The socket for the pintle of a rudder.
[Middle English gudyon , from Old French gojon , peg , diminutive of goi , gouge , from Vulgar Latin *gubius , variant of Late Latin gubia ; see gouge .]
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gudgeon
"small freshwater fish," c.1425, from M.Fr. goujon, from O.Fr. gojon, from L. gobionem (nom. gobio ), alt. of gobius, from Gk. kobios, a kind of fish.
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gudgeon noun 1. 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 [syn: goby ] 2. small slender European freshwater fish often used as bait by anglers
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Gudgeon
Go"by\, n.; pl.
Gobies . [F. gobie, L. gobius, gobio, Gr. ? Cf.
Gudgeon .] (Zo["o]l.) One of several species of small marine fishes of the genus
Gobius and allied genera.
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Gudgeon
Good"geon\, n. (Naut.) Same as
Gudgeon , 5.
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