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To deceive; to cheat; to mislead; to trick; to defraud.

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  1. v. t. To deceive; to cheat; to mislead; to trick; to defraud.
  2. n. A cheating or cheat; trick; fraud.
  3. n. One easily cheated; a dupe.
  4. n. One of many species of long-winged sea birds of the genus Larus and allied genera.
  5. n. a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
  6. n. mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs
  7. v. make a fool or dupe of
  8. v. fool or hoax
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. v:2/n:98 n. mostly white aquatic bird having long pointed wings and short legs v. fool or hoax