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verb
To catch (fish) with the hands, especially by groping at the bank of a stream or under stones.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, ambitransitive
Topics: fishing, hobbies, lifestyle
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: noodle
Antonyms: none provided
History
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”).
