English-Thai Dictionary

gudgeon

N ปลาน้ำจืด พวก  Gobiogobio คนที่ ถูก หลอก ง่าย  วง แหวน ร้อย สลัก 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GUDGEON

n.gud'jin. A small fish of the genus Cyprinus, a fish easily caught, and hence, 1. A person easily cheated or ensnared.
2. A bait; allurement; something to be caught to a man's disadvantage.
3. An iron pin on which a wheel turns.
Sea-gudgeon, the black goby or rock fish.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GUDGEON

Gud "geon, n. Etym: [OE. gojon, F. goujon, from L. gobio, or gob, Gr. 1st Goby. ]

 

1. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: 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. )

 

Defn: 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. )

 

Defn: 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.

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

gudgeon

gudg eon 1 |ˈgəjən ˈɡəʤən | ▶noun 1 a small, edible, European freshwater fish, often used as bait by anglers. [Gobio gobio, family Cyprinidae. ] 2 archaic a credulous or easily fooled person. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French goujon, from Latin gobio (n- ), from gobius ‘goby. ’

 

gudgeon

gudg eon 2 |ˈɡəʤən ˈgəjən | ▶noun a pivot or spindle on which a bell or other object swings or rotates. • the tubular part of a hinge into which the pin fits to unite the joint. • a socket at the stern of a vessel, into which a rudder is fitted. • a pin holding two blocks of stone together. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French goujon, diminutive of gouge (see gouge ).

 

gudgeon pin

gudg eon pin ▶noun a pin holding a piston rod and a connecting rod together.

 

Oxford Dictionary

gudgeon

gudgeon 1 |ˈgʌdʒ (ə )n | ▶noun 1 a small edible European freshwater fish, often used as bait by anglers. ●Gobio gobio, family Cyprinidae. 2 archaic a credulous or easily fooled person. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French goujon, from Latin gobio (n- ), from gobius ‘goby ’.

 

gudgeon

gudgeon 2 |ˈgʌdʒ (ə )n | ▶noun a pivot or spindle on which a bell or other object swings or rotates. • the tubular part of a hinge into which the pin fits to unite the joint. • a socket at the stern of a boat, into which a rudder is fitted. • a pin holding two blocks of stone together. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French goujon, diminutive of gouge (see gouge ).

 

gudgeon pin

gudgeon pin ▶noun a pin holding a piston rod and a connecting rod together.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

gudgeon

gudg eon /ɡʌ́dʒ (ə )n /名詞 C 1 〘魚 〙カマツカ 〘欧州産の小淡水魚; 食用 生餌用 〙.2 ｟古 ｠だまされやすい人 .