'Gull' definitions:
Definition of 'gull'
From: WordNet
noun
A person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of [syn: chump, fool, gull, mark, patsy, fall guy, sucker, soft touch, mug]
noun
verb
verb
Fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!" [syn: gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across]
Definition of 'Gull'
From: GCIDE
- Gull \Gull\ (g[u^]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gulled (g[u^]ld); 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. [1913 Webster]
- The rulgar, gulled into rebellion, armed. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- I'm not gulling him for the emperor's service. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Gull'
From: GCIDE
- Gull \Gull\, n.
- 1. A cheating or cheat; trick; fraud. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. One easily cheated; a dupe. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Gull'
From: GCIDE
- Gull \Gull\, n. [Of Celtic origin; cf. Corn. gullan, W. gwylan.] (Zool.) One of many species of long-winged sea birds of the genus Larus and allied genera. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Gull teaser (Zool.), the jager; -- also applied to certain species of terns. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'gull'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'Gull'
- Gulled,
- Gulles,
- Gulling,
- Gull teaser,
- Herring gull,
- Hooded gull,
- Ivory gull,
- Laughing gull,
- Mackerel gull,
- Parasitic gull,
- Robber gull,
- Ross's gull,
- Sea gull,
- Winter gull,
- mew gull,
- pewit gull,
- East Gull Lake,
- South Gull Lake,
- East Gull Lake, MN,
- Fork-tailed gull,
- South Gull Lake, MI,
- Swallow-tailed gull,
- Wedge-tailed gull,
- black-backed gull,
- red-legged gull,
- great black-backed gull