Thesaurus: gull
To deceive; to cheat; to mislead; to trick; to defraud.
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Definitions
- v. t. To deceive; to cheat; to mislead; to trick; to defraud.
- n. A cheating or cheat; trick; fraud.
- n. One easily cheated; a dupe.
- n. One of many species of long-winged sea birds of the genus Larus and allied genera.
- n. a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
- n. mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs
- v. make a fool or dupe of
- v. fool or hoax
- 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. 1. A cheating or cheat; trick; fraud. Shak. 2. One easily cheated; a dupe. Shak. 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 (Zoöl.), the jager; -- also applied to certain species of terns.
- 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.
- v:2/n:98 n. mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs v. fool or hoax