| n. | 1. | (Zool.) 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 | |||
| 2. | What may be got without skill or merit. | ||||
| 3. | A person easily duped or cheated. | ||||
| 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.
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| v. t. | 1. | To deprive fraudulently; to cheat; to dupe; to impose upon. | |||
| Noun | 1. | gudgeon - small spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters having a large head and elongated tapering body having the ventral fins modified as a sucker Synonyms: goby |
| 2. | gudgeon - small slender European freshwater fish often used as bait by anglers Synonyms: Gobio gobio |