different between nuddle vs guddle

English

Alternative forms

• nudle

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?d?l

Verb

nuddle (third-person singular simple present nuddles, present participle nuddling, simple past and past participle nuddled)

1. (Britain, dialect) To walk quickly with the head bent forward.

Usage notes

• Often used with along.

Anagrams

• Edlund, Ludden

English

Etymology

From Scots guddle, imitative of the splashing of water, and modelled after words like muddle and puddle, perhaps influenced by Scots gutter (“to spatter with mud”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, Scotland) IPA^(key): /???d(?)l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???d(?)l/, [???-]
• Rhymes: -?d?l
• Hyphenation: gud?dle

Verb

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

1. (transitive, intransitive, Scotland, fishing) To catch (fish) with the hands, especially by groping at the bank of a stream or under stones.

   Synonym: (usually of large catfish) noodle

Derived terms

• guddler
• guddling (noun)

Translations

References

Further reading

• fishing techniques on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “guddle, v.²”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2019
• “guddle, v.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Scots

Etymology

Unknown, but see etymology of English section.

Verb

guddle

1. To catch fish with the hands, especially by groping under stones or at the banks of a stream.
2. To dabble (as a duck).
3. To play in the gutters, mud or puddles.
4. To do work of a dirty or greasy nature.

Noun

guddle (plural guddles)

1. mess, muddle