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guddling

guddling is the present participle and gerund of guddle.

Meaning of guddle

Verb

guddle (third-person singular simple present guddles, present participle guddling, simple past and past participle guddled)

  1. (Scotland, ambitransitive) To catch (fish) with the hands, especially by groping at the bank of a stream or under stones.
    Synonyms:
    noodle

Questions about guddling

What is guddling the present participle and gerund of?
Guddling is the present participle and gerund of guddle.

Words near guddling in the dictionary

  1. guddle
  2. guddled
  3. guddler
  4. guddlers
  5. guddles
  6. guddling
  7. guddy
  8. Gude
  9. gudeg
  10. gudeman
  11. gudemen

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Adapted from Wiktionary: guddling (page history and authors); guddle (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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