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Definition of Gudgeon

Gudgeon
Gudgeon Gud"geon, n. [OE. gojon, F. goujon, from L. gobio, or gob, Gr. ? Cf. 1st Goby. ] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A small European freshwater fish (Gobio fluviatilis), allied to the carp. It is easily caught and often used for food and for bait. In America the killifishes or minnows are often called gudgeons. 2. What may be got without skill or merit. Fish not, with this melancholy bait, For this fool gudgeon, this opinion. --Shak. 3. A person easily duped or cheated. --Swift. 4. (Mach.) The pin of iron fastened in the end of a wooden shaft or axle, on which it turns; formerly, any journal, or pivot, or bearing, as the pintle and eye of a hinge, but esp. the end journal of a horizontal. 6. (Naut.) A metal eye or socket attached to the sternpost to receive the pintle of the rudder. Ball gudgeon. See under Ball.
Gudgeon
Gudgeon Gud"geon, v. t. To deprive fraudulently; to cheat; to dupe; to impose upon. [R.] To be gudgeoned of the opportunities which had been given you. --Sir IV. Scott.

Meaning of Gudgeon from wikipedia

- A gudgeon is a socket-like, cylindrical (i.e., female) ****ing attached to one component to enable a pivoting or hinging connection to a second component...
- Mac Gudgeon (2 March 1949 – 25 May 2023) was an Australian film and television screenwriter. Gudgeon was perhaps best known for writing the television...
- USS Gudgeon, named in honor of the gudgeon. USS Gudgeon (SS-211) was a Tambor-class submarine, commissioned in 1941 and lost in 1944 USS Gudgeon (SS-567)...
- Gudgeon is the common name for a miniature barbel and a number of small freshwater fish of the families Butidae, Cyprinidae, Eleotridae or Ptereleotridae...
- In internal combustion engines, the gudgeon pin (English, wrist pin or piston pin US English) connects the piston to the connecting rod, and provides...
- Wiremu Mulligan "Bill" Gudgeon is a former New Zealand politician. He is a member of the New Zealand First party. Gudgeon is of Ngāti Porou descent and...
- USS Gudgeon (SS/AGSS/SSAG-567), a Tang-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the gudgeon, a species of small...
- USS Gudgeon (SS-211) was the first American submarine to sink an enemy warship in World War II (Pacific, 27 January 1942). She was the last of the long-range...
- The stone moroko (Pseudorasbora parva), also known as the topmouth gudgeon, is a fish belonging to the Cyprinidae family, native to Asia, but introduced...
- Mogurnda mogurnda, commonly known as the northern trout gudgeon or northern purple-spotted gudgeon is a freshwater fish native to northern Australia and...