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Gull Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Gull? [n] mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs [n] a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of [v] fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!" [v] make a fool or dupe of Synonyms \| Synonyms for Gull: befool \| befool \| chump \| cod \| dupe \| fall guy \| fool \| fool \| fool \| mark \| mug \| patsy \| put on \| put one across \| put one over \| schlemiel \| sea gull \| seagull \| shlemiel \| slang \| soft touch \| sucker \| take in Related Terms \| Find terms related to Gull: babe \| bamboozle \| beat \| befool \| beguile \| beguile of \| betray \| bilk \| bluff \| boob \| bunco \| burn \| cajole \| cheat \| cheat on \| chicane \| chisel \| chouse \| chouse out of \| chump \| cinch \| circumvent \| cog \| cog the dice \| con \| conjure \| cozen \| credulous person \| crib \| cull \| deceive \| defraud \| delude \| diddle \| do in \| do out of \| double-cross \| dupe \| easy mark \| easy pickings \| euchre \| fall guy \| finagle \| fish \| flam \| fleece \| flimflam \| fob \| fool \| forestall \| fudge \| gammon \| get around \| gobe-mouches \| gouge \| greener \| greenhorn \| greeny \| gudgeon \| gyp \| have \| hoax \| hocus \| hocus-pocus \| hoodwink \| hornswaggle \| humbug \| infatuate \| innocent \| juggle \| leadpipe cinch \| let down \| mock \| monkey \| mulct \| outmaneuver \| outreach \| outsmart \| outwit \| overreach \| pack the deal \| patsy \| pigeon \| play one false \| plaything \| practice fraud upon \| prize sap \| pushover \| put on \| put something over \| rook \| sap \| saphead \| scam \| schlemiel \| screw \| sell gold bricks \| shave \| shortchange \| sitting duck \| snow \| stack the cards \| stick \| sting \| stooge \| string along \| stultify \| sucker \| swindle \| take a dive \| take in \| thimblerig \| throw a fight \| toy \| trick \| trusting soul \| two-time \| victim \| victimize See Also \| betray \| black-backed gull \| blackcap \| cob \| cozen \| deceive \| deceive \| delude \| dupe \| great black-backed gull \| herring gull \| ivory gull \| kid \| kittiwake \| larid \| Larus argentatus \| Larus canus \| Larus marinus \| Larus ridibundus \| laughing gull \| lead astray \| lead on \| mew \| mew gull \| Pagophila eburnea \| pewit \| pewit gull \| pull the leg of \| sea mew \| victim Gull In Webster's Dictionary \Gull\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gulled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gulling}.] [Prob. fr. gull the bird; but cf. OSw. gylla to deceive, D. kullen, and E. cullibility.] To deceive; to cheat; to mislead; to trick; to defraud. The rulgar, gulled into rebellion, armed. --Dryden. I'm not gulling him for the emperor's service. --Coleridge. \Gull\, n. 1. A cheating or cheat; trick; fraud. --Shak. 2. One easily cheated; a dupe. --Shak. \Gull\, n. [Of Celtic origin; cf. Corn. gullan, W. gwylan.] (Zo["o]l.) One of many species of long-winged sea birds of the genus {Larus} and allied genera. Note: Among the best known American species are the herring gull ({Larus argentatus}), the great black-backed gull ({L. murinus}) the laughing gull ({L. atricilla}), and Bonaparte's gull ({L. Philadelphia}). The common European gull is {Larus canus}. {Gull teaser} (Zo["o]l.), the jager; -- also applied to certain species of terns.

Gull Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gull?

[n] mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs
[n] a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
[v] fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!"
[v] make a fool or dupe of

Gull In Webster's Dictionary

\Gull\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gulled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Gulling}.] [Prob. fr. gull the bird; but cf. OSw. gylla to
deceive, D. kullen, and E. cullibility.]
To deceive; to cheat; to mislead; to trick; to defraud.

      The rulgar, gulled into rebellion, armed. --Dryden.

      I'm not gulling him for the emperor's service.
                                               --Coleridge.


\Gull\, n.
1. A cheating or cheat; trick; fraud. --Shak.

2. One easily cheated; a dupe. --Shak.


\Gull\, n. [Of Celtic origin; cf. Corn. gullan, W. gwylan.]
(Zo["o]l.)
One of many species of long-winged sea birds of the genus
{Larus} and allied genera.

Note: Among the best known American species are the herring
      gull ({Larus argentatus}), the great black-backed gull
      ({L. murinus}) the laughing gull ({L. atricilla}), and
      Bonaparte's gull ({L. Philadelphia}). The common
      European gull is {Larus canus}.

{Gull teaser} (Zo["o]l.), the jager; -- also applied to
   certain species of terns.

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