guddle

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

Verb

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

    Synonyms: noodle

Origin

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”).

Forms

guddles guddling guddled

Derived

guddler guddling