guddle

Meaning

Verb

  • To catch (fish) with the hands, especially by groping at the bank of a stream or under stones.

Origin

  • From Scots guddle, imitative of the splashing of water, and modelled after words like muddle and puddle, perhaps influenced by Scots gutter.

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