gudgeon

Examples

• All

• Let a man take his own measure and have regard to it in things great or small, even in the buying of a fish, that he set not his heart upon a mullet when he has only a gudgeon in his purse.

  Academic text (2011)

• D-D-Do you have a smile for Dr. Gudgeon?

  Iris (2001)

• But luckily everything can be saved by a device called a gudgeon pin remover.

  The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)

• Why in the name of gudgeons and ginger cakes... can't ye pull and start your eyes out?

  Moby Dick (1956)

• But, luckily, Cyril at the bike shop has this tool called a gudgeon pin remover... which should minimize damage to the bearing at either end of the con rod... or, God forbid, the con rod itself.

  The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)

• While fishing in the river, we caught several gudgeon, which we used as bait for larger fish.

• The children's fishing trip was successful; they reeled in a good number of gudgeon from the lake.

• He described the gudgeon as a small, slippery fish that darted quickly in the water.

Synonyms

G

Gobio gobio

vsgudgeon

• Specialized

9.9

A small thin European fish that lives in fresh water and is used as bait

is a more general small fish term that covers other similar fish too

G

Gobio

vsgudgeon

• Specialized

9.9

A small freshwater fish that lives in rivers and lakes in Europe and Asia

is the common small fish term that also includes coastal forms outside that genus

G

gudge

vsgudgeon

• Archaic

9.9

A small freshwater fish often used as bait

is the general European small fish term that covers this and coastal varieties

Compounds

G

gudgeon pin

• Specialized

9.9

A metal pin that joins the piston to the connecting rod in an engine so the piston can turn slightly

Surface Forms

Etymology