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gull - What does it mean?

Definition of 'gull'

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) gulle, ultimately from (etyl) .

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A seabird of the genus Larus or of the family Laridae.
    • Synonyms
    * (seabird) mew, seagull

    Etymology 2

    Perhaps from an obsolete term

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (slang) A cheating trick; a fraud.
  • * 1599 ,
    • BENEDICK. [Aside] I should think this a gull , but that the white-bearded fellow speaks it: knavery cannot, sure, hide itself in such reverence.
  • One easily cheated; a dupe.
    • Synonyms
    * (dupe) See also

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To deceive or cheat.
  • * Dryden
    • The vulgar, gulled into rebellion, armed.
  • * Coleridge
    • I'm not gulling him for the emperor's service.
  • * 1819 , , Otho the Great , Act IV, Scene I, verse 162-165
    • speak your curses out
    Against me, who would sooner crush and grind
    A brace of toads, than league with them to oppress
    An innocent lady, gull an Emperor
  • (US|slang) To mislead.
  • (US|slang) To trick and defraud.
    • Derived terms
    * gullible * gullibility

    References

    External links

    * (wikipedia) * (Larus) ----

    Similar to 'gull'

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